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The Hothouse by the East River is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark published in 1973. The main two settings of the novel both reflect the author's life where she lived in Manhattan and where she worked in a POW camp in Britain in World War II.
Jan 1, 2001 · Paul and Elsa are married and living in a New York apartment facing the East River; it is the early 1970s. Elsa has some form of mental illness and spends much of her time looking out of the window at the river. Her shadow falls the opposite way to everyone else's.
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Mar 20, 2012 · As Paul and Elsa’s involvement in World War II espionage begins to surface, the glitz and glamor of their lives is revealed to be nothing more than illusion. The Hothouse by the East River is a delirious satire of superficial urban life in the shadow of one of modern history’s great horrors.
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Feb 8, 2021 · The hothouse by the East River by Spark, Muriel. Publication date 1982 Topics Fiction in English 1945- Texts Publisher London : Granada Collection
Hothouse By The East River. Hardcover. During World War II, Elsa and Paul were involved in secret propaganda work in England. It is now 1973 and they are living in New York. Elsa is convinced that a German ex-POW - and former lover - who has appeared in New York, may be planning to kill them.
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Mar 20, 2012 · Touched by madness and haunted by a secret past, Paul and Elsa’s relationship reveals that there can be no normality for people who witnessed the worst of war In 1970s New York, Paul and Elsa are like many other well-off middle-aged couples, worrying over their apartment and...
Mar 20, 2012 · Books. The Hothouse by the East River: A Novel. Muriel Spark. Open Road Media, Mar 20, 2012 - Fiction - 138 pages. DIVDIV Touched by madness and haunted by a secret past, Paul and Elsa’s...
