The Artificial Silk Girl

7 best books like The Artificial Silk Girl (Irmgard Keun): Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Fabian: Die Geschichte eines Moralisten, Heroes and Villains, The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography, Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Author	Anita Loos
ISBN	0871401703

If any American fictional character of the twentieth century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lorelei Lee of Little Rock, Arkansas, the not-so-dumb blonde who knew that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Outrageous, charming, and unforgettable, she’s been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol...

A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice

Author	Jack Holland
ISBN	0786718234

In this compelling, powerful book, the late Irish journalist and essayist Jack Holland set out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result is an eye-opening journey through centuries,...

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Author	Angela Carter
ISBN	0140235191

Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals,...

Fabian: Die Geschichte eines Moralisten

Author	Erich Kästner
ISBN	3423110066

Erich Kästner kennen viele nur als Autor von Kinder- und Jugendbüchern. Dass er auch zeitkritische Romane geschrieben hat, wissen die wenigsten. Der Roman Fabian entstand 1931 und beschreibt den moralischen und geistigen Verfall inmitten schwieriger politischer Verhältnisse. Für Kästner...

Heroes and Villains

Author	Angela Carter
ISBN	0140234640

After the apocalypse the world is neatly divided.

Rational civilization rests with the Professors in their steel and concrete villages; marauding tribes of Barbarians roam the surrounding jungles; mutilated Out People inhabit the burnt scars of cities.

But Marianne, a Professor's...

The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography

Author	Edmund Gordon
ISBN	0701187557

Angela Carter is widely acknowledged as one of the most important and beguiling writers of the last century. Her work stands out for its bawdiness and linguistic zest, its hospitality to the fantastic and the absurd, and its extraordinary inventiveness and range. Her life was as modern and as unconventional...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Author	Elizabeth von Arnim
ISBN	0860684237

"Elizabeth and Her German Garden," a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, was popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. "Elizabeth and Her German Garden" is a year's diary written by Elizabeth about her experiences learning gardening and interacting with her friends....