The artificial silk girl
By: Irmgard Keun ; translated by Kathie von Ankum ; introduction by Maria Tatar
Contributors: Ankum, Kathie von, translator; Tatar, Maria, 1945- author of introduction, etc
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781590514542
Subjects: Single women; Fiction
Work titles: Kunstseidene Mädchen
Description: The story of Doris, beautiful and striving, who vows to write down all that happens to her as the star of her own life story. But instead of scripting what she hopes will be a quick rise to fame and fortune as either an actress or the mistress/wife of a wealthy man, she describes a slow descent into near prostitution and homelessness. Prewar Berlin is not the dazzling and exciting city of promise it seems; Doris unwittingly reveals a bleak, seamy urban landscape.
Notes: Translation of: Das kunstseidene Mädchen.