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Artificial Silk Girl : A Novel by Irmgard Keun (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOther Press, LLC
ISBN-101590514548
ISBN-139781590514542
eBay Product ID (ePID)99347072
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Book TitleArtificial Silk Girl : a Novel
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicClassics, Contemporary Women, General
GenreFiction
AuthorIrmgard Keun
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Reviews“Damned by the Nazis, hailed by the feminists ... a truly charming window into a young woman’s life in the early 1930s� - Los Angeles Times “ The Artificial Silk Girl follows Doris into the underbelly of a city that had once seemed all glamour and promise ... Kathie von Ankum’s English translation will bring this masterwork to the foreground once more, giving a new generation the chance to discover Keun for themselves.� -Elle.com, "A young girl navigates interwar German society and the expectations-or lack thereof-placed upon women, in this poignant, melancholy novel from the late Keun… [This] heartbreaking story of dashed hopes is one that still has the power to affect and inspire." - Publishers Weekly "Damned by the Nazis, hailed by the feminists ... a truly charming window into a young woman's life in the early 1930s" - Los Angeles Times " The Artificial Silk Girl follows Doris into the underbelly of a city that had once seemed all glamour and promise ... Kathie von Ankum's English translation will bring this masterwork to the foreground once more, giving a new generation the chance to discover Keun for themselves." -Elle.com, "A young girl navigates interwar German society and the expectations-or lack thereof-placed upon women, in this poignant, melancholy novel from the late Keun& [This] heartbreaking story of dashed hopes is one that still has the power to affect and inspire." - Publishers Weekly "Damned by the Nazis, hailed by the feminists ... a truly charming window into a young woman's life in the early 1930s" - Los Angeles Times " The Artificial Silk Girl follows Doris into the underbelly of a city that had once seemed all glamour and promise ... Kathie von Ankum's English translation will bring this masterwork to the foreground once more, giving a new generation the chance to discover Keun for themselves." -Elle.com
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SynopsisBefore Sex and the City there was Bridget Jones. And before Bridget Jones was The Artificial Silk Girl. In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to describe pre-war Berlin and the age of cinematic glamour through the eyes of a woman. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became an acclaimed bestseller and a masterwork of German literature, in the tradition of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Like Isherwood and Brecht, Keun revealed the dark underside of Berlin's "golden twenties" with empathy and honesty. Unfortunately, a Nazi censorship board banned Keun's work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies of The Artificial Silk Girl. Only one English translation was published, in Great Britain, before the book disappeared in the chaos of the ensuing war. Today, more than seven decades later, the story of this quintessential "material girl" remains as relevant as ever, as an accessible new translation brings this lost classic to light once more. Other Press is pleased to announce the republication of The Artificial Silk Girl, elegantly translated by noted Germanist Kathie von Ankum, and with a new introduction by Harvard professor Maria Tatar., In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to describe pre-war Berlin and the age of cinematic glamour through the eyes of a woman. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became an acclaimed bestseller and a masterwork of German literature, in the tradition of Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Like Isherwood and Brecht, Keun revealed the dark underside of Berlin's "golden twenties" with empathy and honesty. Unfortunately, a Nazi censorship board banned Keun's work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies of The Artificial Silk Girl. Only one English translation was published, in Great Britain, before the book disappeared in the chaos of the ensuing war. Today, more than seven decades later, the story of this quintessential "material girl" remains as relevant as ever, as an accessible new translation brings this lost classic to light once more. Other Press is pleased to announce the republication of The Artificial Silk Girl, elegantly translated by noted Germanist Kathie von Ankum, and with a new introduction by Harvard professor Maria Tatar.
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