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AlbakiReads Editorial A restless coming-of-age journey through late-1980s Europe
A restless coming-of-age journey through late-1980s Europe
Set across Paris, Prague, rural Italy and Brazil in 1989, Dolce Vita centers on sixteen-year-old Una’s attempt to turn romantic fantasy into lived experience. Her status as the mistress of an older record producer quickly complicates her idealized vision of bohemian life, while a succession of infatuations tests the distance between desire, independence and self-protection. The novel’s year-in-motion structure follows Una from her borrowed Pigalle studio through shifting social worlds and unstable circumstances, including Prague on the brink of revolution. Sexual curiosity, virginity, economic precarity and the hazards of travel all form part of a transition from adolescence toward adulthood.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in coming-of-age fiction set in late-1980s Europe
- Readers drawn to bohemian urban settings and itinerant protagonists
- Readers comfortable with frank themes of sexuality and adult relationships
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Coming of ageRomantic fantasy and disillusionmentSexuality and virginityBohemian lifeTravel and self-discovery
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Book Overview The extraordinary and unconventional life of a modern teenage bohemian.'I am Cat Balou, I am Jeanne Moreau, I am Modigliani's lover, but ...
The extraordinary and unconventional life of a modern teenage bohemian.
'I am Cat Balou, I am Jeanne Moreau, I am Modigliani's lover, but not the one who threw herself out of the window...'
Una is a sixteen year old sexual fantasist. In 1989 she is a kept woman in Paris, whose romantic ideas about the lifestyle of a mistress to an aging record producer don't quite live up to the reality. She searches for an affair that corresponds to her dreams, but finds herself flitting from one romantic infatuation to another, obsessed by the idea of sex but careful of her virginity.
From her borrowed studio in Pigalle she explores a bohemian Paris full of unpredictable characters: her Caribbean neighbour Henri, who creeps in naked to use her shower when she's out; her friends Ines the stripper and Marcus, who help her scrape an existence of Burger Kings and Gauloises. La Dolce Vita is hot on her heels, from the pretentious prince who woos her to the transvestite prostitute who chases her.
As Una drifts through a year in her life, she is carried from Paris to a wintry Prague on the verge of revolution, to her rambling family home in rural Italy and to a shocking pre-honeymoon in Brazil. Una's voyage is a rite of passage from girlhood to womanhood. Like most journeys, it involves danger and discovery.
Dolce Vita, with its cocktail of fantasy, innocence and worldliness, introduces a strong and unusual new voice in British fiction.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 160 | Language: English | Publisher: FLAMINGO | ISBN: 0007291485
FormatPaperback
Pages160
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0007291485
EAN9780007291489
PublisherFLAMINGO
Publication Date2008-07-01
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.33 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.0 Inches
Height0.4 Inches
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