{"product_id":"hotel-theory-9781933368696","title":"Hotel Theory","description":"\u003ci\u003eHotel Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is two books in one: a meditation on the meaning of hotels, and a dime novel (\u003ci\u003eHotel Women\u003c\/i\u003e) featuring Lana Turner and Liberace. Typical of Wayne Koestenbaum's invigoratingly inventive style, the two books -- one fiction, one nonfiction -- run concurrently, in twin columns, and the articles \"a,\" \"an,\" and \"the\" never appear. The nonfiction ruminations on hotels are divided into eight dossiers, composed of short takes on the presence of hotels in the author's dreams as well as in literature, film, and history. Guest stars include everyone from Oscar Wilde to Marilyn Monroe. \u003ci\u003eHotel Theory\u003c\/i\u003e gives (divided) voice to an aesthetic of hyperaesthesia, of yearning. It is an oblique manifesto, the place where writing disappears. A new mode of theorizing -- in fiction, in fragment, through quotation and palimpsest -- arises in this dazzling work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933368696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 8.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Wayne Koestenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040338542773,"sku":"9781933368696","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2f013e7c-3f76-441e-a8e6-649bc83c3573.jpg?v=1689089874","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hotel-theory-9781933368696","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}