The Artificial Silk Girl, by Irmgard Keun, originally published in as Das kunstseidene Mädchen, is an example of Neue Sachlichkeit, a German literary movement of the Weimar Republic (). This guide follows the Penguin Modern Classics version translated by Kathie von Ankum. Irmgard Keun: 'The Artificial Silk Girl'. Weimar-era Berlin, a riot of color and criminality, is brought to life through the eyes of year-old Doris, a woman on the run, desperate to be a star. The Artificial Silk Girl, written in by Irmgard Keun, then 23, was blacklisted a year later by the Nazis for its anti-German portrayals of businessmen and bureaucrats. In the s, it was resurrected as a feminist manifesto: the diary of a working girl in Depression-era Berlin/5(54).
In this video, I review the follow up to the book Gilgi by Irmgard Keun called The Artificial Silk Girl. Doris leaves home seeking fame and fortune in Weima. The Artificial Silk Girl was a bestseller in Germany following it's first publication in , only the second novel by Berlin-born author Irmgard Keun. But in the Nazis came to power and Keun was blacklisted, her books destroyed. After a failed attempt to sue the Nazis for loss of earnings she left Germany and travelled in Europe for. Shawn the Book Maniac reviews The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard KeunThe Artificial Silk Girl - Irmgard Keun, Kathie von Ankum (Translator): www.doorway.ru
Biography. Irmgard Keun was born on 6 February in Charlottenburg (at the time an independent town, now part of Berlin) to Eduard and Elsa Keun. Her father was an agent for a company that imported petrol, her mother a housewife. The Artificial Silk Girl, written in by Irmgard Keun, then 23, was blacklisted a year later by the Nazis for its anti-German portrayals of businessmen and bureaucrats. In the s, it was resurrected as a feminist manifesto: the diary of a working girl in Depression-era Berlin. The Artificial Silk Girl was written by German author Irmgard Keun. She was inspired by Anita Loo's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, leading her to describe pre-Nazi German life from a woman's perspective as well as through the lens of cinematic charisma saturating that era.
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