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Cuando Edith Hope, escritora de novelas románticas, tiene que abandonar Gran Bretaña por motivos sentimentales, se dirige a Suiza, a un hotel a la orilla del Lago Leman, cerca de Ginebra. Edith va a permanecer en el Hotel du Lac el tiempo suficiente para que sus amigos de Inglaterra olviden el episodio amoroso del que fue protagonista, episodio que causó su declive social y que ella irá reviviendo y desvelando al lector, a pesar de las trampas y los obstáculos que una memoria reacia al recuerdo acostumbra a interponer. Hotel du Lac es una novela en la que se traza, a través de las actitudes y comportamientos de los personajes, un fresco del amor romántico y la condición femenina.

In an extraordinary period immediately before the first non-racial election and the beginning of majority rule in South Africa, Vera Stark, the protagonist of Nadine Gordimer's passionate new novel, weaves a ruthless interpretation of her own past into her participation in the present as a lawyer representing blacks in the struggle to reclaim the land. The return of exiles is transforming the city, and through the lives of Didymus Maqoma, his wife Sibongile, and their lovely daughter who cannot even speak her parents' African language, the reader experiences the strange passions, reversals, and dangers that accompany new-won access to power. All must change: Didymus, once a major actor in the resistance, making way for Sibongile's emergence as a political figure; Vera, working through the consequences of a lifetime's commitments to a new kind of relationship with a new man of the times, Zeph Rapulana.

This biography of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright offers a monumental scholarly work that is also captivating. It explores Beckett's rich life, from his upper-middle-class Irish childhood to his early years in Paris and his complex relationship with Joyce. The narrative reveals Beckett's psychological struggles through over 300 previously unknown letters to confidant Thomas McGreevy, his heroic service in the French Resistance, and the intense period post-World War II when he created his first masterpieces. The biography details Beckett's growing involvement in theatre and his efforts to maintain privacy amidst rising celebrity. It chronicles his tumultuous family relationships, psychosomatic illnesses that hindered his writing, and the autobiographical elements in his work. Additionally, it covers his interactions with publishers, actors, and friends, ultimately portraying Beckett as the enigmatic artist who transformed modern despair into exaltation. Despite Beckett's initial reluctance to authorize the biography, Deirdre Bair conducted extensive research across multiple countries and interviews, resulting in a remarkable literary biography that fulfills the expectations of both scholars and readers alike. Bair, a seasoned academic and journalist, has taught at prestigious institutions and continues to influence the field.