Книга: Laura Moriarty «The Chaperone»
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A New York Times bestseller, The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she's in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at... Издательство: "Penguin Books Ltd." (2012) Формат: 125x195, 432 стр.
ISBN: 0-7181-5897-0, 978-0-718-15897-2 Купить за 994 руб на Озоне |
Laura Moriarty
Laura Moriarty is an American poet and novelist. She currently lives in Albany, California.
List of publications
*"Two Cross Seizings." Sombre Reptiles, 1980.
*"Persia." Chance Additions, 1983.
*"Duse." Coincidence Press, 1987. (reprint: Paradigm Press, 2000)
*"like roads." Kelsey St. Press, 1990.
*"Rondeaux." Roof Books, 1990.
*"L'archiviste." Zasterle Press, 1991.
*"Symmetry." Avec Books, 1996.
*"Spicer's City." Poetry New York, 1998.
*"The Case." O Books, 1998.
*"Cunning", a short novel. Spuyten Duyvil, 1999.
*"Nude Memoir." Krupskaya, 2000.
*"Self-Destruction." Post-Apollo Press, 2004.
*"Ultravioleta", a novel. Atelos, 2006.
*"A Semblance: Selected and New Poems, 1975 - 2007." Omnidawn Publishing, 2007.
*"An Air Force." Hooke Press, 2007.
Источник: Laura Moriarty
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