The Colonial Hotel
Published on 1. May 2014
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-77041-178-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this powerful novel of love and family, a doctor named Paris follows a nurse to a country on the brink of civil war. When a confrontation does break out, they are swept up by rebel forces and separated. The Colonial Hotel recasts for the twenty-first century the ancient Greek story of Paris, Helen and Oenone.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Jonathan Bennett is the author of six books, including the critically acclaimed novels Entitlement and After Battersea Park, and is a winner of the K.M. Hunter Artists’ Award in Literature. His collection of short stories, Verandah People, was runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Award. Bennett’s prose and poetry has appeared in many periodicals and journals including the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Quill & Quire, This Magazine, Southerly, and Descant. Born in Vancouver and raised in Sydney, Australia, Jonathan lives in the village of Keene, near Peterborough, Ontario.