Delayed rays of a star
Lee, Amanda Koe, 1987-2019
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When a photographer captures Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong and Leni Riefenstahl in one frame at a party in Berlin in 1928, no one realises the extent to which their lives will reflect the tumultuous decades that follow. Marlene crosses the Atlantic to find overnight fame in Hollywood, the town that eats out of the palm of her hand till her wrinkles begin to show. Leni cements her position as a visionary filmmaker in a male-dominated industry, only to have her fame become notoriety after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Nine and a half times out of ten films, the exotic side characters played by Anna must die, so that the ubiquitous white male lead can be returned to his white female paramour on the screen. In the glitzy and murky world these women navigate, their choices will be held up to the test of time. And the real question is, how much has anything changed?
Main title:
Delayed rays of a star / Amanda Lee Koe.
Author:
Lee, Amanda Koe, 1987-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2019.
Collation:
400 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526609007 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GENFICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
2830229