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1913: The Year before the Storm
Florian Illies
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Description for 1913: The Year before the Storm
Paperback. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun; Searle, Jamie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; a young seamstress called Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract; and new drugs like cocaine usher in an age of decadence. Yet everywhere there is the premonition of ruin - the number 13 is ... Read more
A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; a young seamstress called Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract; and new drugs like cocaine usher in an age of decadence. Yet everywhere there is the premonition of ruin - the number 13 is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Clerkenwell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846689611
SKU
V9781846689611
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-20
About Florian Illies
Florian Illies was born in 1971. He has worked as literary editor for major German newspapers and magazines, and co-founded art magazine Monopol. His previous four books have sold over one million copies.
Reviews for 1913: The Year before the Storm
The best possible holiday read
Irish Times
A hugely enjoyable idiosyncratic month by month narrative, in which the frenzy of artistic activity in London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Trieste is conveyed with vigour and humour
Daily Telegraph
A vivid, richly textured book that chronicles a world crackling with talent, energy and foreboding
FT
A ... Read more
Irish Times
A hugely enjoyable idiosyncratic month by month narrative, in which the frenzy of artistic activity in London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Trieste is conveyed with vigour and humour
Daily Telegraph
A vivid, richly textured book that chronicles a world crackling with talent, energy and foreboding
FT
A ... Read more