Hotel Splendide / Ludwig Bemelmans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962.

Bemelmans, Ludwig.

Hotels--New York (State)--Employees--Biography.

Hotels.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Biography.

New York (N.Y.).

Hotels--United States--Employees--Humor.

Hotels--New York (State)--Employees--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Manners and customs.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide -- the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz -- a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian ma̋tre d'h̥tel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans' tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining."

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Animal Waiter

2. Art at the Hotel Splendide

3. The Lost Mandolin

4. Easy Money

5. Kalakobe

6. A Night in Granada

7. The Hispano

8. The Homesick Bus Boy

9. The New Suit

10. The Ballet Visits the Magician

11. The Magician Does a New Trick

12. The Dreams of the Magician

13. My Valet Lustgarten

14. The Banquet.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781782277910

1782277919

OCLC:

1343154221