Kurzbeschreibung
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. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract. 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war, now in paperback.
Klappentext
"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."
Biografie
Florian Illies, geboren 1971 in Schlitz bei Fulda. Bis Dezember 2002 Leitung des Feuilletons der "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung" und davor die Berliner Seiten der "FAZ". Derzeit freier Autor in Berlin. 1999 Auszeichnung mit dem "Ernst-Robert-Curtius Förderpreis für Essayistik" und 2014 mit dem "Ludwig-Börne-Preis".
