Ilja is enraged by the fact that Europe is becoming a giant theme park, Venice being one frightening example. This sentiment compels her to take a job at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, but Ilja – a European in his heart and soul – refuses to go with her. A classicist like Ilja sees nothing but the beauty of Old Europe, whereas Clio laments that a country like Italy is strangled by the past. The clash between tradition and modernization played a decisive role in the end of Ilja and Clio’s relationship as well. The tension between the representatives of Old Europe and the new world reach a climax when the major-domo is fired. Ever since the hotel was bought by the Chinese millionaire, Mr Wang, there have been plastic flowers in the antique vases and disco lights in the chandelier. Among these are the major-domo, who always speaks in complete sentences, the feminist poet, Albane, the congenial bellboy, Abdul, and the intellectual, Patelski.
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