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Editore: Other Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Editore: Other Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: Other Press (NY), 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
Editore: Other Press (NY), 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: Fine.
Editore: Other Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. 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.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: St Vincent de Paul of Lane County, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condizione: New.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
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Condizione: New.
Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All NationsDoris 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Other Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: Penguin Random House, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
Editore: Penguin Random House, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condizione: New. Brand New.
Editore: Penguin Books Ltd 2019-03-28, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Blackwell's, London, Regno Unito
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paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. In 1931, a young woman writer, living in Germany, penned her answer to Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the era of cinematic glamour. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became an acclaimed bestseller and a masterwork of German literature, in the same tradition as Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and Bertoldt Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Like Isherwood and Brecht, Keun revealed the dark underside of Berlin's "golden twenties" with both 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, a new translation is about to bring this lost classic to light once more.At the beginning of The Artificial Silk Girl, Doris vows to write down all that happens to hernot as a mere diarist, but as the glamorous star of her own life-story. "I want to write like a movie," she declares. But, instead of scripting what she hopes will be a quick rise to fame and fortune as either an actress, or as the mistress/wife of a wealthy man, Doris describes a slow descent into near prostitution and homelessness. She becomes the cinematic lens through which we see pre-war Berlin. It is not the dazzling and exciting city of promise it seems to be on the surface; Doris unwittingly shows us a bleak, seamy urban landscape. In the words of another character in the novel, "the city is sick." It is "sick" with intolerance, cruelty, and apathy ? On every corner, there are beggars and whores and men selling perfume and posters of naked women. Doris hungers for a real home, real silk blouses, real love ? But, there is no Hollywood happy ending awaiting her, as there is for Loos's Loralei Lee.Doris begins her career as an independent woman on the stage, in a play by Schiller. Soon she wangles her way into getting one line to recite. But, then Doris steals a fur coat from the theatre's cloakroom ? She flees from the police and from her home city of Cologne, and travels to Berlin to stay with a friend. In Berlin, she is unable to get a job. Nevertheless, as long as she has the fur, the ultimate symbol of luxury and seductive glamour, she feels invincible. And she is unwilling to return it. When her living situation with the friend and the friend's husband proves difficult, Doris leaves, but has no one to whom she can turn. Will she be able to survive on her own on the streets of Berlin? Will she, at last, be able to give up on the Hollywood dream?Keun is an important literary voiceat last rediscovered and restored to the same heights as such literary luminaries as Isherwood and Brecht. The Artificial Silk Girl belongs on the bookshelf of students of German literature, women's literature, and master works of classic fiction, in general.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Editore: Other Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Brand New Copy.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 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. The Artificial Silk Girl was a huge bestseller in Weimar Germany before the Nazis banned it, and is today Keun's best-loved book in Germany. Funny, fresh and radical in its dissection of the limited options available to working women, it is a novel that speaks to our times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Monster Bookshop, Fleckney, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 160 pages. 7.76x5.12x0.35 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Other Press, LLC, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590514548ISBN 13: 9781590514542
Da: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Condizione: New. pp. 216.
Editore: Penguin Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
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Condizione: New. In English.
Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241382963ISBN 13: 9780241382967
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
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Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.77.
Editore: Other Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1892746816ISBN 13: 9781892746818
Da: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 0.77.