A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All Nations Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a stolen fur coat and recently fired from her office job, she takes an all-night train to Berlin to make it in the movies. But what she encounters in the city is not fame and fortune, but gnawing hunger, seedy bars, and exploitative men - and as Doris sinks ever lower, she resorts to desperate measures to survive. Very funny and intensely moving ...
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Artificial Silk Girl
Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Keun, Irmgard
E-Book, 208 S.
Sprache: Englisch
Penguin Books Ltd (2019)
Gewicht: 0 g
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-38297-4
Titelnr.: 77804800