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 omnipresent, an 1913 - Florian Illies od authora Florian Illies a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Florian Illies |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
288 |
Rok vydání |
2014 |
Nakladatelství |
Profile Books |