Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady
Anita Loos
(Author)
Jenny McPhee
(Introduction by)
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Description
Loos s classic tale shows that questions of women and power more relevant today than ever can come in the most alluring of packages.
Product Details
Price
$13.95
$12.97
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
February 10, 2014
Pages
131
Dimensions
5.55 X 8.39 X 0.4 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780871403179
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Anita Loos (1888-1981) was an American screenwriter, author, and playwright who became the first-ever woman to become a scriptwriter in Hollywood. Best known for her novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, she went on to write the 1951 Broadway adaptation of Gigi.
Jenny McPhee is the author of The Center of Things, a novel, and the coauthor of Girls: Ordinary Girls and Their Extraordinary Pursuits. She is the translator of Paolo Maurensig's Canone Inverso and of Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Glimmer Train, Zoetrope, and Brooklyn Review, and her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and Bookforum, among others. She is on the board of the Bronx Academy of Letters.
Reviews
The great American novel.--Edith Wharton
Lorelei Lee's wide-eyed ditziness is nothing less than a joy forever.--Michael Dirda
Lorelei Lee's wide-eyed ditziness is nothing less than a joy forever.--Michael Dirda