Signed, Mata Hari
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, alias Mata Hari, the infamous exotic dancer, sits in a prison cell in Paris awaiting trial on charges of espionage; the penalty, death by firing squad. As she waits, Mata Hari tells stories - much like...
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In the cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, alias Mata Hari, the infamous exotic dancer, sits in a prison cell in Paris awaiting trial on charges of espionage; the penalty, death by firing squad. As she waits, Mata Hari tells stories - much like Scheherazade - to buy back her life from her interrogators. From a bleak childhood on the shores of the North Sea, through a loveless marriage to a Dutch naval officer, Margaretha is transported to the sensual pleasures of the south seas.
She spins tales of native lovers and fragrant Javanese jungles; she tells of the ugly disintegration of her family. Then, in flight from her brutal husband, Margaretha reinvents herself: she becomes the temple dancer Mata Hari - dressed in veils, admired by Diaghilev, performing for the crowned heads of Europe. Tender, subtle and intensely erotic, Murphy's retelling of an iconic story is a haunting portrait of love and treachery.
She spins tales of native lovers and fragrant Javanese jungles; she tells of the ugly disintegration of her family. Then, in flight from her brutal husband, Margaretha reinvents herself: she becomes the temple dancer Mata Hari - dressed in veils, admired by Diaghilev, performing for the crowned heads of Europe. Tender, subtle and intensely erotic, Murphy's retelling of an iconic story is a haunting portrait of love and treachery.
Autoren-Porträt von Yannick Murphy
Yannick Murphy, Jahrgang 1962, hat bereits einen Roman und mehrere Erzählungen veröffentlicht. Aufgewachsen in New York, unterrichtete sie dort an der NYU und später in Los Angeles an der UCLA Kreatives Schreiben. Für ihre bisherigen Arbeiten wurde sie mit mehreren Preisen und Stipendien ausgezeichnet. Yannick Murphy lebt mit ihrer Familie auf einer Farm in Reading, Vermont.
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- Autor: Yannick Murphy
- 2008, 276 Seiten, Maße: 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: ABACUS
- ISBN-10: 0349120218
- ISBN-13: 9780349120218
Sprache:
Englisch
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