Daisy Johnson's "The Hotel": Under High Pension

Read "The Hotel" on the pediment and lift the cover as if opening a door. You're inside and, so to speak, at the reception desk. No risk of getting lost, the signage is very clear: the introductory chapter of The Hotel is called "The Hotel." First lines: "Here's what we know about the hotel: It's bigger inside than it is outside. Don't go to room 63. The doors and windows sometimes change position. The hotel listens to everything you say. The hotel is watching. The hotel knows everything about you. The hotel knew you before you arrived. The hotel isn't the same with everyone. We'll be at the hotel soon." In short, we haven't left the hotel.

If the introduction mentions a rule, it is because the Hotel is like a game book (as much as, for example, The Substance or Jumanji are game films: repeating the title so that the effect spreads is part of the genre). Two pieces of information are added to the list. On the one hand: "The hotel is familiar." This is absolutely true: we think of The Shining by