BooksDirect

Description - The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun

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, this is a dazzling portrait of roaring Berlin in the 1920s, and a poignant exploration of the doomed pursuit of fame and glamour.

Buy The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.

Other Editions - The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun

A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Gilgi, One of Us
Paperback , Dec '19
20% OFF!
RRP: $22.99 $18.39
After Midnight
Paperback , Apr '20
20% OFF!
RRP: $22.99 $18.39
Gilgi
Paperback , Nov '13
RRP: $32.99 $29.69