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The Princess of 72nd Street
A Novel

English · Paperback / Softback

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A provocative and thoroughly feminist “cult classic” ( Ellen has two lives. A single artist living alone on New York’s Upper West Side in the 1970s, she periodically descends into episodes she describes as “radiances.” While under the influence of the radiance, she becomes Princess Esmeralda, and West 72nd Street the kingdom over which she rules. Life as Esmeralda is a colorful, glorious, liberating experience for Ellen, and despite the chaos and stigma these episodes can bring, she relishes the respite from the confines of the everyday. And yet those around her, particularly the men in her life, are threatened by her incarnation as Esmeralda and the freedom it gives her. In what would turn to be her final published work, originally released in 1979, Elaine Kraf tackles a dark and disturbing subject in an utterly original, witty, and inventive manner. Provocative at the time of its publication and thoroughly iconoclastic,

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Authors Elaine Kraf, Melissa Broder
Publisher Modern Library PRH US
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 06.08.2024
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
Fiction > Narrative literature
 
EAN 9780593731826
ISBN 978-0-593-73182-6
Pages 160
Dimensions (packing) 13.1 x 20.2 x 1 cm
 
Series Modern Library Torchbearers
 

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