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"Herrat pitävät vaaleaverisistä": Tuloillaan elävän naisen valaiseva päiväkirja

"Herrat pitävät vaaleaverisistä": Tuloillaan elävän naisen valaiseva päiväkirja

Loos, Anita
Hedman, Valfrid

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 937778199X
ISBN13: 9789377781996
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 7 2026
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
Lorelei is determined to become intelligent and cultivated, and her diary records the project with an assurance that repeatedly exposes what she fails to understand. A blonde young aspiring writer moving through society life, she treats courtship, money, beauty and self-improvement with the same earnest attention, creating comedy from the distance between her polished self-image and the story her own words reveal. From New York to shipboard life and fashionable European circles, Lorelei keeps company with wealthy and influential men while pursuing financial security and independence. Her observations turn social climbing into sharp satirical fiction: marriage resembles a negotiation, luxury carries its own logic, and class and gender shape every apparent opportunity. Her outspoken friend Dorothy provides a bracing counterpoint, but Lorelei's unreliable narration remains the novel's most distinctive pleasure, allowing misunderstandings and contradictions to accumulate without disturbing her confidence. Beneath the diamonds, dinners and social engagements lies a sustained examination of deception-both the performances demanded by society and the stories people tell about themselves. Serious questions of power and dependence are delivered in precisely the tone Lorelei uses for shopping and invitations, making the diary form central to the humour rather than a mere framing device. This literary novel captures a world in which cultivation can be rehearsed, romance can be calculated and innocence may prove unexpectedly useful. 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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