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Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub. Date: July 28, 2008
ISBN-13: 9781594489853
416pp
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Big, rich, intelligent, and
masterfully written, here is a page-turning story of glitter and splendor,
drama and love, friendship and identity, and an illuminating account of a
period of history that foreshadowed much of the twentieth century.
As the clock chimes the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite
takes her first breath. The
illegitimate, orphaned daughter of a cabaret performer, she finds early refuge
at a Berlin Catholic orphanage. From there follows a lifetime of reinventions, from orphan to maid,
war bride, tingle-tangle nightclub girl, and script typist. Her eventual
transformation into one of Germany's leading silent-film stars, and a partner
in a remarkable romance that crosses decades and continents, could ultimately
cost her everything she has worked for.
Gripping and seductive like few other literary novels, The Glimmer Palace
showcases the glamour, spectacle, and theatrical energy of the brief heyday of
the Weimar Republic, while at the same time telling the story of that other
great twentieth-century illusion—cinema.
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Review Posted: July 17, 2008
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