by Irmgard Keun · Random House Audio Editionen · tapa dura · ISBN 9783898309684
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«Das kunstseidene Mädchen» is the novel by Irmgard Keun published by Random House Audio Editionen as a 4-CD audiobook, in German.
The novel follows Doris, a young typist who is bored at work and dreams of a brighter life. She throws herself into the nightlife of 1920s Berlin, where cinematic glamour intersects with an increasingly grim reality in the Germany of the era. A classic of German literature that shows the flip side of the city's golden days.
Audiobook narrated by Fritzi Haberlandt, part of the «Starke Stimmen» collection from Brigitte magazine. The novel was originally published in 1932; this audio edition appeared in 2005.
For listeners of audiobooks in German and for anyone wanting to approach twentieth-century German literature and 1920s Berlin.
Irmgard Keun was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, [yet] a significant author of the late Weimar period and die Neue Sachlichkeit." She was born into an affluent family and was given the autonomy to explore her passions. After her attempts at acting ended at the age of 16, Keun began working as a writer after years of working in Hamburg and Greifswald. Her books were banned by Nazi authorities but gained recognition during the final years of her life.
