Iqball Hotel

Soon after the First World War, Vito, a short, plump, curly-haired man from the Mediterranean with charm and an adventurous spirit, fulfils his life's wish by building a hotel in the middle of the savannah in an imaginary African land held up by the wind. The hotel is no more than a hut of clay, and its only regular guests are the Haruše, local herders who love betting, drinking and fighting. Vito falls for the housekeeper Alice. The Irish mission teacher Brandon O'Donell, full of colonial prejudice, opposes the hotel's way of life, while Hans Putkamoja, a former German soldier and storyteller, links the characters to a background of wartime horror and African magic.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

150 pages in the original

Genres

Satire, Historical (assigned by AI)

First published

2008 by Obzorja

Author's age

48 when first published

ISBN

9789612303211 (original)

9789612304102 (Obzorja, Slovenia)

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