Petite Mort

Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2014 Mesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death ... A silent film, destroyed in a fire in 1914 at the Pathe studio, before it was seen even by its director. A lowly seamstress, who makes the costumes she should be wearing, but believes her talent - and the secret she keeps too - will soon get her a dressing room of her own. A famous - and dashing - creator of spectacular cinematic illusions, husband to a beautiful, volatile actress, the most adored icon of the Parisian studios. All fit together, like scenes in a movie. And as you will see, this plot has a twist we beg you not to disclose ...

About the author

Beatrice Hitchman is an author and academic. Her first novel Petite Mort was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Polari Prize, the HWA Debut Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Prize. She currently works as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton.

Summary

Scandal, intoxication and lies flourish in the silent film studios of Paris

Report

Sumptuous ... part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock Grazia

Product details

• Authors: Beatrice Hitchman, Hitchman Beatrice
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2014
• EAN: 9781846689079
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-907-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Serpent's Tale
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary