The Resource Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 : a novel, Francine Prose
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 : a novel, Francine Prose
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- Summary
- A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself. Paris in the 1920s. It is a city of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the Chameleon where the striking Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge among the club's loyal denizens, including the rising photographer Gabor Tsenyi, the socialite and art patron Baroness Lily de Rossignol, and the caustic American writer Lionel Maine. As the years pass, their fortunes--and the world itself--evolve. Lou falls in love and finds success as a race car driver. Gabor builds his reputation with vivid and imaginative photographs, including a haunting portrait of Lou and her lover, which will resonate through all their lives. As the exuberant twenties give way to darker times, Lou experiences another metamorphosis that will warp her earnest desire for love and approval into something far more sinister: collaboration with the Nazis. Told in a kaleidoscope of voices, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 evokes this incandescent city with brio, humor, and intimacy. A brilliant work of fiction and a mesmerizing read, it is Francine Prose's finest novel yet
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 : a novel
- Title
- Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Francine Prose
- Subject
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- trueIntellectual life -- 20th century
- trueGood and evil
- Historical fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueLesbians
- Lesbians -- Fiction
- trueNightclubs
- Nightclubs -- France | Paris -- Fiction
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueParis, France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Romance fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France | Paris -- Fiction
- Aliens -- Fiction
- trueBetrayal
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- trueExpatriates
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself. Paris in the 1920s. It is a city of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the Chameleon where the striking Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge among the club's loyal denizens, including the rising photographer Gabor Tsenyi, the socialite and art patron Baroness Lily de Rossignol, and the caustic American writer Lionel Maine. As the years pass, their fortunes--and the world itself--evolve. Lou falls in love and finds success as a race car driver. Gabor builds his reputation with vivid and imaginative photographs, including a haunting portrait of Lou and her lover, which will resonate through all their lives. As the exuberant twenties give way to darker times, Lou experiences another metamorphosis that will warp her earnest desire for love and approval into something far more sinister: collaboration with the Nazis. Told in a kaleidoscope of voices, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 evokes this incandescent city with brio, humor, and intimacy. A brilliant work of fiction and a mesmerizing read, it is Francine Prose's finest novel yet
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10301641
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Prose, Francine
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3566.R68
- LC item number
- L68 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Betrayal
- Aliens
- Lesbians
- Nightclubs
- Paris (France)
- Label
- Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 : a novel, Francine Prose
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1008681
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9780061713781
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013048443
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780061713781
- (OCoLC)857966839
- Label
- Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 : a novel, Francine Prose
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1008681
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9780061713781
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013048443
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780061713781
- (OCoLC)857966839
Subject
- trueIntellectual life -- 20th century
- trueGood and evil
- Historical fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueLesbians
- Lesbians -- Fiction
- trueNightclubs
- Nightclubs -- France | Paris -- Fiction
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueParis, France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Romance fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France | Paris -- Fiction
- Aliens -- Fiction
- trueBetrayal
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- trueExpatriates
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- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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