by Paul Theroux · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432219986
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«Hotel Honolulu» is the novel by Paul Theroux, published by Seix Barral in 2002 in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
The narrator, an unlucky writer, ends up as manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a run-down establishment near Waikiki Beach. Newlyweds, soldiers, families and pathological liars pass through its eighty rooms, and each guest seems to be looking for something: sun, love, happiness or an unnameable longing. Through their stories, the novel satirises the Hawaiian dream and shows the flip side of the tourist paradise with irony and compassion.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Formentor collection. Spanish translation by Diego Friera and María José Díez. The original work was published in 2001.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction who enjoy social satire and stories set in Hawaii.
Paul Edward Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name.
