Hotel "Million Monkeys" and Other Stories

by Victor Brook and Alexander Boguslawski

Readers unfamiliar with Russian literature will find Brook's stories a literary revelation. They are rich, slightly dark, and intense. They are not "puerile entertainment," that category of fiction... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967898102
• ISBN13: 9780967898100
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Flamingo Books
• Length: 205 Pages

Customer Reviews

Genuine literature in an age of popular fiction

It is refreshing to read genuine literature in an age of popular fiction. Victor Brook's writing combines imagination with interpretative meaning in each of his short stories. These stories appeal to the inner soul and are adventures in life at its best, at its worst, and in the extraordinary. "A Ceiling with Lizards," for instance, is captivating and evokes thought about why the protagonist ever went to India. The mystery behind each story leads you further into the mind of Victor Brook and encourages you to read more. Victor Brook is an artist with words, and his stories are straightforward and characteristic of literature, which belongs to a generation of uniquely gifted authors.

This is literature!

These are stories for study, for re-reading, for analysis, for plumbing the depths of both human experience and the art of writing. Especially, these are stories for sharing with other lovers of REAL literature, those who are able to undertake an analysis of the nature of reality. Challenge yourself!

A literary treasure

Coupling beautiful imagery with eloquent stream of consciousness writing, Victor Brook explores life and humanity in a way that is both refreshing and captivating. His ingenious insights will undoubtedly make a lasting impression on every reader. This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand life in a new and profound light.

Hotel "Million Monkeys" and other stories

I read this book twice and I am going to read it again. In the epigraph for the opening story Victor Brook uses the old sailors saying, "Sailing the sees is necessary, living is not as necessary". True, the characters of Brook's stories are not just living, they are desperately searching for the meaning of their lives. The stories are very poetical, philosophical, lyrical, the language is colorfull and inventive. Get your hands on this book as soon as possible!

Great literature for serious readers

Victor Brook's stories talk about things that concern all human beings: loneliness, wasted lives, breaks in communication between men and women, misunderstanding of different cultures, broken dreams, and many other serious subjects. However, the stories are not "dark;" their seriousness is often softened by a spark of humor, a fanciful dream, or a beautiful description. Readers need not fear that the stories will relate and appeal only to Russians. On the contrary, Brook's works are universal and his characters could have been born in any country. This is great literature written in a style that will appeal to many readers. Don't miss it!