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"... Mutta -- naivat tummaverisiä"

"... Mutta -- naivat tummaverisiä"

Loos, Anita
Hedman, Valfrid

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 937778798X
ISBN13: 9789377787981
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 7 2026
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
Lorelei Lee Spoffard has wealth, marriage and motherhood, yet domestic life cannot contain her determination to preserve an identity of her own. In a candid, diary-like voice, she records her search for meaningful work and a place in the world of writing. Her perspective-poised between apparent naïveté and sharp intelligence-turns personal ambition into a humorous examination of the freedoms permitted to women and the compromises expected of them. New York's literary luncheons, theatrical circles and fashionable gatherings provide fertile ground for a satirical social novel alive to performance in all its forms. As Lorelei becomes involved in filmmaking, artistic aspiration mingles with status, money and respectability. The people around her speak the language of culture and morality, but their behaviour exposes class assumptions, gender double standards and convenient hypocrisies. Marriage and motherhood remain part of the picture, not as background details but as pressures shaping her effort to work, write and remain recognisably herself. A biography-in-progress adds another playful layer to Lorelei's account. Her attempt to write the life of her performer friend Dorothy Shaw allows one woman's authorship to meet another's theatrical ambition, while the diary form keeps every observation filtered through Lorelei's unmistakable sensibility. Witty, socially alert and structurally inventive, the novel uses fashionable society and artistic pretension to probe women's independence without surrendering its comic touch. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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