{"product_id":"the-artificial-silk-girl-paperback","title":"The Artificial Silk Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrmgard Keun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKathie Von Ankum\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis enthralling tale of a \"material girl\" in 1930s Berlin is the masterpiece of a literary icon, rediscovered and restored to the same heights as such luminaries as Isherwood and Brecht. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1931 a young woman writer living in Germany penned her answer to Anita Loos's \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e and the era of cinematic glamour: \u003ci\u003eThe Artificial Silk Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Though a Nazi censorship board banned Irmgard Keun's work in 1933 and destroyed all existing copies, the novel survived, as fresh and relevant today as the day it was written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Artificial Silk Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrmgard Keun \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Berlin in 1905. She published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eGilgi, One of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1931. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Artificial Silk Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, became an instant bestseller in 1932, but was then blacklisted by the Nazis. Eventually sentenced to death, she fled the country and staged her own suicide before sneaking back into Germany, where she lived undercover for the duration of the war. She later resumed writing under the name of Charlotte Tralow, enjoying only modest success until her early works were rediscovered and reissued in the late 1970s. She died in Cologne in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379220377702,"sku":"9781635425086","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/zcnzSu4Buo9781635425086.webp?v=1768918125","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-artificial-silk-girl-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}