Hotels of North America

From the acclaimed Rick Moody, a darkly comic portrait of a man who comes to life in the most unexpected of ways: through his online reviews.

Reginald Edward Morse is one of the top reviewers on RateYourLodging.com, where his many reviews reveal more than just details of hotels around the globe--they tell his life story.

The puzzle of Reginald's life comes together through reviews that comment upon his motivational speaking career, the dissolution of his marriage, the separation from his beloved daughter, and his devotion to an amour known only as "K." But when Reginald disappears, we are left with the fragments of a life--or at least the life he has carefully constructed--which writer Rick Moody must make sense of.

An inventive blurring of the lines between the real and the fabricated, Hotels of North America demonstrates Moody's mastery ability to push the bounds of the novel.

Din aclamatul Rick Moody, un portret intunecat al unui om care prinde viata in cele mai neasteptate moduri: prin recenziile sale online. Reginald Edward Morse este unul dintre cei mai recenzori de pe RateYourLodging.com, unde numeroasele sale recenzii dezvaluie mai mult decat doar detalii despre hoteluri din intreaga lume - spun povestea vietii sale. Puzzle-ul vietii lui Reginald se reuneste prin recenzii care comenteaza cariera sa motivationala de vorbire, dizolvarea casatoriei sale, separarea de fiica lui iubita si devotamentul sau fata de o amour cunoscut doar ca "K." Dar cand Reginald dispare, ramanem cu fragmentele unei vieti - sau cel putin viata pe care a construit-o cu grija - pe care scriitorul Rick Moody trebuie sa o inteleaga. O estompare inventiva a liniilor dintre real si fabricat, Hoteluri din America de Nord demonstreaza capacitatea de maiestrie a lui Moody de a depasi limitele romanului.