The Luminous Life Of Lilly Aphrodite
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The Luminous Life Of Lilly Aphrodite
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-03-05
The Luminous Life Of Lilly Aphrodite written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-05 with Fiction categories.
As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer and soon orphaned in a scandalous double murder, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string of lost loves. There she meets Hanne Schmidt, a teen prostitute, and forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs, disastrous marriages, and destitution during the First World War and the subsequent economic collapse. As the century progresses, Lilly and Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success and stardom in the new medium of motion pictures and ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self. Gripping and darkly seductive, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter and splendour of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of Hollywood to its golden age. As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War, the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed and the social order is upended.
The Glimmer Palace
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : en
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Release Date : 2009-07
The Glimmer Palace written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Riverhead Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07 with Fiction categories.
Follows the fictional life of Lilly Aphrodite, the orphaned daughter of a cabaret performer, as she literally goes from rags to riches, advancing from urchin to maid, war bride to model, and eventually on to silent film star. Original.
To Capture What We Cannot Keep
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2017-02-02
To Capture What We Cannot Keep written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-02 with Fiction categories.
Based on one of the two engineers working for Gustave Eiffel to design the tower for the World Fair of 1889. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris - a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth. Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live - one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions and the sacrifices love requires of us all. Winter in 19th-century Paris is wonderfully evoked and Beatrice Colin's prose is suitably mesmerising for this rather beautiful love story. - The Times
Berlin
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Author : Paul Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-07-26
Berlin written by Paul Sullivan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Berlin is a city forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so it lives more powerfully in the imagination." Rory Maclean, 'Berlin - Imagine a City'.Located at the epicentre of some of modern Europe's most significant and turbulent events, Berlin has long held a magnetic attraction for writers.From 19th century authors recording the city's dramatic transition from Prussian Hauptstadt to German capital after 1871 and the modernist intellectuals of the Weimar period, to the resistance writers brave enough to write during the dark years of the Nazi era and those who captured life on both sides of the divided city, a body of literature has emerged that reveals Berlin's ever-shifting identity. Since 1989, Berlin has yet again become a crucible of creativity, serving as both muse and sanctuary for a new generation of writers who regularly claim it as one of the most exciting cities in the world.This unique and engaging book functions as an introduction to some of the finest writing in and about the city, as well as a guide to some of its best sights and vibrant neighbourhoods.Spanning more than 200 years of local life and literature, it features German authors as diverse as E.T. A. Hoffmann, Joseph Roth, Jorg Fauser, and Christa Wolf, as well as a slew of famous international names such as Mark Twain, Philip Hensher and Chloe Aridjis.
The Songwriter
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-03-04
The Songwriter written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-04 with Fiction categories.
New York, 1916. Monroe Simonov, a song-plugger from Brooklyn, is in love with a Ziegfeld Follies dancer who has left him for California. Inez Kennedy, a fashion model in a department store, has just one season remaining to find a wealthy husband before she must return to the Midwest. Ana Denisova, a glamorous political exile, gives lectures and writes letters while she waits for the Russian people to overthrow their Tsar. Then America joins the war, jazz sweeps the city's dance floors, the old order is swept away by newly minted millionaires and the entire nation is gripped by the Red Scare. Although the world is changing faster than they could ever have imagined, Monroe, Inez and Ana discover that they are still subject to the tyranny of the heart. In this richly atmospheric and deftly plotted novel, the paths of these three central figures cross and re-cross, leaving a trail of passion, infidelity and betrayal, and hurtle towards an explosive climax.
The Richard Judy Book Club Reader
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Author : Dr Helen Cousins
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-05-28
The Richard Judy Book Club Reader written by Dr Helen Cousins and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with Social Science categories.
In January 2004, daytime television presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan launched their book club and sparked debate about the way people in Britain, from the general reader to publishers to the literati, thought about books and reading. The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader brings together historians of the book, literature scholars, and specialists in media and cultural studies to examine the effect of the club on reading practices and the publishing and promotion of books. Beginning with an analysis of the book club's history and its ongoing development in relation to other reading groups worldwide including Oprah's, the editors consider issues of book marketing and genre. Further chapters explore the effects of the mass-broadcast celebrity book club on society, literature and its marketing, and popular culture. Contributors ask how readers discuss books, judge value and make choices. The collection addresses questions of authorship, authority and canon in texts connected by theme or genre including the postcolonial exotic, disability and representations of the body, food books, and domesticity. In addition, book club author Andrew Smith shares his experiences in a fascinating interview.
The Richard And Judy Book Club Reader
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Author : Helen Cousins
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2011
The Richard And Judy Book Club Reader written by Helen Cousins and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader is the first book to consider the impact of the televised book club on reading practices and the publishing and promotion of books in the UK, in comparison with other reading groups, including Oprah's Book Club and online reading communities. The club, the books and their readers are considered from the perspectives of literary, cultural and media studies in this compelling collection.
Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide
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Author : Nick Rennison
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide written by Nick Rennison and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Deciding what to read next when you've just finished an unputdownable novel can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, with navigation features to lead you on a rich journey through some the best literature to grace our shelves. This greatly expanded edition includes the latest contemporary authors and landmark novels, an expanded non-fiction section, a timeline setting historical events against literary milestones, prize-winner and book club lists. An accessible and easy-to-read guide that no serious book lover should be without. "The essential guide to the wild uncharted world of contemporary and 20th century writing." Robert McCrum, The Observer
The Glimmer Palace
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-07-24
The Glimmer Palace written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-24 with Fiction categories.
A celebration of cabaret in Berlin and the birth of cinema, set against the rise and fall of Germany between World War I and World War II As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. The illegitimate, soon orphaned daughter of a cabaret performer, she lands at a Catholic orphanage where she finds refuge and the first in a string of friendships that will change the direction of her life. When fellow orphan Hanne takes Lilly beyond their stone confines, introducing her to the seedy glamour of Berlin’s notorious nightlife, it begins for Lillly a trajectory of reinvention. From urchin to maid, teenage war bride, tingle-tangle bargirl, model, and script typist, Lilly is eventually transformed into one of Germany’s leading film stars and a partner in a remarkable love story that will span decades and continents—and be inextricable from the history unfolding around it. Gripping, seductive, and masterfully written, The Glimmer Palace is a page-turning story of glitter and splendor, drama and love, friendship and identity. The story of an extraordinary heroine living in an extraordinary time, it is vivid and surprising in its telling, intelligent and ambitious in its scope, sad and beautiful and unforgettable.
La Vita Luminosa Di Lilly Afrodite
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Author : Beatrice Colin
language : it
Publisher: Neri Pozza Editore
Release Date : 2015-07-22T00:00:00+02:00
La Vita Luminosa Di Lilly Afrodite written by Beatrice Colin and has been published by Neri Pozza Editore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-22T00:00:00+02:00 with Fiction categories.
Lilly Nelly Afrodite nasce ufficialmente il 31 dicembre del 1899 a Berlino. In realtà trae il suo primo respiro nel ventesimo secolo, quando l’ultima mezzanotte dell’Ottocento è appena scoccata. Nasce in una metropoli in cui le ciminiere sbuffano e le fabbriche sibilano, e i lavoratori si riversano a milioni nei casermoni appena costruiti in periferia. Nei rari momenti in cui è a casa, sua madre, scrittrice, attrice e, a tempo perso, membro di una compagnia di cabaret, la soffoca di baci e carezze. Lilly, però, non è destinata a godere a lungo della sua presenza. La vita bohémienne di sua madre termina, infatti, tragicamente il giorno in cui il suo amante bavarese le spara, dopo averla scoperta a letto con un giovane studente di filosofia. Per la piccola Lilly si spalancano così le porte del San Francesco Saverio, l’orfanotrofio cattolico di Berlino, dove impera e infrange cuori l’affascinante e ambigua suor August, la pelle perfetta, il viso finemente modellato e un metro e ottantacinque di altezza. E dove fa un giorno la sua comparsa la bella dodicenne Hanne Schmidt, un cappello con la piuma rossa in testa, un filo di rossetto sulle labbra e tre fratellini al fianco. Lilly e Hanne diventano da allora amiche inseparabili e, quando l’età le obbliga a lasciare l’orfanotrofio, affrontano coraggiosamente insieme la vita nella tumultuosa metropoli tedesca. È la Berlino della Repubblica di Weimar, dove ogni giorno c’è uno spargimento di sangue, si innalza una barricata, rimbombano colpi di arma da fuoco, ma dove si aprono anche a un ritmo incessante nuovi cabaret e locali notturni, e i conti e i principi di Prussia e Baviera, di ritorno dai loro eccentrici viaggi, alloggiano in alberghi di lusso o riaprono le loro magioni. Gonne che sfiorano il ginocchio, capelli a caschetto, Lilly e Hanne non tardano a trovare il loro posto nella fervente vita notturna berlinese. È soltanto a Lilly, però, che la vita concede di passare dalle audizioni di riviste e teatri scalcinati ai set del nascente cinema tedesco, e di innamorarsi di un geniale regista russo che la trasforma in una delle grandi stelle della cinematografia, un’icona dai capelli bruni e i grandi occhi striati d’argento. Avvincente come pochi altri romanzi, La vita luminosa di Lilly Afrodite è la storia di una donna che ha vissuto fino in fondo la sua vita, una storia fatta di sfarzo e miseria, di luce e ombra, dissolutezze e amore... una storia che illumina un periodo straordinario del secolo scorso. «Nella Berlino della Repubblica di Weimar e dei cabaret, la vita tumultuosa e coraggiosa, tra sfarzo e miserie, di una giovane attrice». Barbara Briganti - la Repubblica «Ci sono dei libri che hanno una particolare sensualità, pagine in cui, leggendo di un personaggio, ti sembra che se lo incontrassi per strada lo riconosceresti da come cammina o dal bagliore degli occhi. Accade con La vita luminosa di Lilly Afrodite, promessa di una notte d'amore, di una gioia e un dolore improvvisi». D - la Repubblica delle Donne