Ithasbeensaidthatmostgreattwentiethcenturynovelsincludescenesinahotel,asymptomofthevastuprootingthathasoccurredinthelastcentury:JamesIvorybeginsQuartetwithamontageofthehotelsofMontparnasse,aquietpreludebeforeourintroductiontotheviolentlylostsoulswhoinhabitthem.Adaptedfromthe1928autobiographicalnovelbyJeanRhys,Quarte...