Described as "wonderfully funny" by Annie Dillard, "Heartbreak Hotel" reveals the collective memories, sorrows, and triumphs embodied in all women as the museum becomes the metaphor for the body of the narrator.

Heartbreak Hotel Reviews

"Surrealistic, wise-cracking, irreverent, and touching are a few apt terms for Burton's first novel." -- Library Journal "[T]his black comedy/radical feminist novel is heartbreaking and outrageously funny..." -- Publishers Weekly

About Gabrielle Burton

Gabrielle Burton is the author of Impatient with Desire, Searching for Tamsen Donner, Heartbreak Hotel, and I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed To Cross The Street. She wrote the screenplay for the movie, Manna From Heaven, produced by Five Sisters Productions, (MGM DVD.) Her honors include The Western Heritage Award for outstanding novel, The Maxwell Perkins Prize, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, The Mary Pickford Prize for Screenwriters given by the American Film Institute, 1st Prize, Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenwriting contest, and the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. She lives in Venice, CA.

Additional information

Sku

CIN1564781674G

ISBN 13

9781564781673

ISBN 10

1564781674

Title

Heartbreak Hotel by Gabrielle Burton

Author

Gabrielle Burton

Series

American Literature (Dalkey Archive)

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Dalkey Archive Press

Year published

1999-08-12

Number of pages

320

Prizes

N/A

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