In Javier Montes’ The Hotel Life, a hotel critic happens upon some strange goings-on in the next room: a couple are acting out some kind of sex ritual, where a woman gives a series of commands, but few answers. Intrigued, the critic decides to track down this enigmatic woman, and embarks on a journey with unimaginable consequences. From city to city, hotel to hotel, room to room, he begins to discover that pursuit is in itself a form of escape …