// how to build a lux hotel / madeleine lee

// ISBN: 978-981-18-7415-4

// SGD $35.00

“The pleasure of being a fly in the room,” so rhapsodises Madeleine Lee in how to build a lux hotel, a breezy, lyrical contemplation borne out of
her Writer-In-Residence stint at Raffles Hotel Singapore. And so, the poet, with her trusting, observant eye, has drawn a sensual portraiture
of the institution, itself already famous but invoked here in all its quirks and quiddities. That’s where the beauty emanates from, attuned to the “quiet purring / of a robo-mower” as well as the comical sight of “mynahs dutifully / marching up and down / in their morning shift.” Much love, humour and empathy reside in this series of miniature tableaux where living and non-living things, great and small, are juxtaposed and played off one another. At its most radiant, the residence comes alive, a rich haven for serendipitous connections. Everyone is welcome to stay, or just walk through, at home in an alignment of man and nature, architecture and imagination.