The extraordinary and unconventional life of a modern teenage
bohemian. 'I am Cat Balou, I am Jeanne Moreau, I am Modigliani's
lover, but not the one who threw herself out of the window...' Una
is a sixteen year old sexual fantasist. In 1989 she is a kept woman
in Paris, whose romantic ideas about the lifestyle of a mistress to
an aging record producer don't quite live up to the reality. She
searches for an affair that corresponds to her dreams, but finds
herself flitting from one romantic infatuation to another, obsessed
by the idea of sex but careful of her virginity. From her borrowed
studio in Pigalle she explores a bohemian Paris full of
unpredictable characters: her Caribbean neighbour Henri, who creeps
in naked to use her shower when she's out; her friends Ines the
stripper and Marcus, who help her scrape an existence of Burger
Kings and Gauloises. La Dolce Vita is hot on her heels, from the
pretentious prince who woos her to the transvestite prostitute who
chases her. As Una drifts through a year in her life, she is
carried from Paris to a wintry Prague on the verge of revolution,
to her rambling family home in rural Italy and to a shocking
pre-honeymoon in Brazil. Una's voyage is a rite of passage from
girlhood to womanhood. Like most journeys, it involves danger and
discovery. Dolce Vita, with its cocktail of fantasy, innocence and
worldliness, introduces a strong and unusual new voice in British
fiction.
General
| Imprint: |
Flamingo
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2008 |
| Authors: |
Iseult Teran
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-729148-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-00-729148-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780007291489 |
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