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AUSFÜHRLICHERE BESCHREIBUNG: bbLucille Ball, Hollywood s first true media mogul, stars in this bold (iThe Boston Globe/i), boisterous novel (iThe New Yorker/i) with a thrilling love story at its heart from the award-winning, bestselling author of iChang & Eng/i and iHalf a Life/i A iWASHINGTON POST/i BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Agorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century. Colson Whitehead,Pulitzer Prize winningauthor of/b biThe Nickel Boys/i/b/b This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit that the author s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood was part of America s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille s off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn t stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol. iThe Queen of Tuesday/i Strauss s follow-up to iHalf a Life/i, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew. BUCHBESPRECHUNG: A delight. b iThe New York Times Book Review/i/b b/b The best book yet by one of our best writers. b iThe Millions/i/b Half memoir and half make-believe, this boisterous novel relates an imagined affair between Lucille Ball . . . and the author s grandfather. . . . A touching account of the sacrifices that Lucille makes to preserve her most genuine relationship: the one between her and the public. b iThe New Yorker/i/b An impossibly daring premise for a novel an act of almost Lucy-level audaciousness! . . . exceptionally well told . . . [Darin] Strauss conjures up those heady days . . . with such vibrancy it s impossible not to hope that everything might work out after all. . . . Brilliant. b Ron Charles,i The Washington Post/i/b As in Strauss s other books, the movement here is perpetual and multidirectional it never stops. . . . The author asserts himself, here as elsewhere in his books, through his rigorously playful approach to language. . . . [iThe Queen of Tuesday/i] reads like a dream painted in bold and fearsome strokes. b iThe Boston Globe/i/b "Timeless . . . Strauss ingenious and bittersweet fourth novel, iThe Queen of Tuesday/i, seems genuinely to lament a love affair that never happened. It d be the perfect 50s screen romance! But Strauss knows what time we re living in. bi Los Angeles Times/i/b A rollicking read. bi Newsday/i/b Anything Darin Strauss writes is magic. I have been his fan since the beginning of time, and I will be his fan until the sun explodes. b Elizabeth Gilbert, author of iEat, Pray, Love/i /b A great read! b Jenny Offill, author of iWeather/i/b iThe Queen of Tuesday/i is a beautiful cinematic story. In a gorgeous imagined history of a not long ago world, the novelist Strauss allows us to remember our deeply held wishes to invent our lives and memories for our privately held loves. Like iThe Great Gatsby/i, Strauss reminds us here that ghosts unseen who remain deeply felt renew our heart s most passionate yearnings and ambitions. b Min Jin Lee, author of iPachinko/i/b A home run! b Gary Shteyngart, author of iLake Success/i/b Darin Strauss has resurrected a lost world the grand movie that never aired, the truncated epic of what might have been between Lucille Ball and his grandfather. Part elegy, part mystery, part speculative memoir, here is a love story unlike any you ve read before spiked with Hollywood scandal and the secrets families keep across generations. Strauss is a beautiful and funny and piercing writer, and this book is a gift. b Karen Russell, author ofi Orange World and Other Stories/i/b Wonderful! b Andrew Sean Greer, author of iLess/i/b AUSZUG AUS DEM BUCH: bNightfall, the Beach at Coney Island/b A cloud lifts, and look here s Manhattan, tiara-bright and brash, American initiative written in glitter. It s 1949. Hundreds of cars are driving from the city to the sea. Cadillacs and Packards and wood-bodied Fords. Snaking along Stillwell Ave, they stretch a tail for miles under a Warner Bros. sky. People are coming in the tangerine twilight to view a collapse. Hey, that s your favorite celebrity over there. On the boardwalk, her white shoes scuffed black with sand. (If she s not famous now, just wait.) She s striding confidenting right into this party. And into the elation of this party. Banners promise or warn A Night You ll Remember. Walking beside the actress, her husband raises his fist. She isn t really sure he s joking. Earlier, she d been angry enough to throw a glass he d smashed her compact. Your typical knock-down-drag-out. Her husband s not quite famous yet, either. And the actress certainly will remember this night. There s a boy in suede gloves who s botching it, failing to reach her. The gloves are lemon-colored: it s a bright-colored time. Tonight, the actress will drop into trouble and watch the sparks in their upward flight. And her husband s fists will be used in earnest. For now, the husband mopes. It s no good you keep insulting me, he says, his accent having its way with the words. I have to know this torch expression. Can you explain carry a torch ? She says, Just a habit men have of walking around on fire. You recognize her a woman who s learned the score. Burning yourself, getting singed, like that. Another banner: A Party for the Ages Elizabeth Trump & Son. The actress feels chilly. That s Coney Island in April for you. She s also frustratingly unseen. The actress has bumped through life knowing what it is to be ignored, even by quote loved ones. At tonight s party, she wants to be noticed by the husband she loves. But also, especially, by men she doesn t. First she has to push her way to the boldface names at the water. It surprises her, a little, how the confident can darken a big, open beach. Partygoers have thronged to the tide line and the first pleats of brown sand. It s like a religious ceremony where the theologics have been erased. These people are here to worship themselves. That s only natural. Americans in this little breather from history stand pretty much alone on a cindered map. Every house needs a Westinghouse. The ad style is peppy, with pep and sincerity intertwined. Relax in casual slax. Make a date with Rocket 8. Across the country: fresh purchases and attitudes, fresh beliefs. Plus, it s been sunny all year and the perfect song is always playing, at just the right volume. The actress and her husband start down the sand. In this moment, there is no city but New York City. The long Atlantic keeps pulse at the shore here. It s glamorous. The air s strung with laughs and the rattle of sequins, popping flashbulbs. But the actress has a problem now. Her last-chance break is simply not happening. She doesn t consider taking her husband s hand. Nor has he offered it. On important nights, you louse things up, he says. Many times I just do not get you. Hey, that s my line. You always make me come get you. She or the woman she has trained herself to be is a bit excessive when not the center of attention. The high, provoking brows bright hair pinned and lifted off the neck. 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Lucille Ball, Hollywood s first true media mogul, stars in this bold (The Boston Globe), boisterous novel (The New Yorker) with a thrilling love story at its heart from the award-winning, bestselling author of Chang & Eng and Half a LifeA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century. Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Nickel BoysThis indelible romance begins with a daring conceit that the author s grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood was part of America s first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille s off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn t stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol.The Queen of Tuesday Strauss s follow-up to Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.A delight. The New York Times Book Review The best book yet by one of our best writers. The Millions Half memoir and half make-believe, this boisterous novel relates an imagined affair between Lucille Ball . . . and the author s grandfather. . . . A touching account of the sacrifices that Lucille makes to preserve her most genuine relationship: the one between her and the public. The New Yorker An impossibly daring premise for a novel an act of almost Lucy-level audaciousness! . . . exceptionally well told . . . [Darin] Strauss conjures up those heady days . . . with such vibrancy it s impossible not to hope that everything might work out after all. . . . Brilliant. Ron Charles, The Washington Post As in Strauss s other books, the movement here is perpetual and multidirectional it never stops. . . . The author asserts himself, here as elsewhere in his books, through his rigorously playful approach to language. . . . [The Queen of Tuesday] reads like a dream painted in bold and fearsome strokes. The Boston Globe "Timeless . . . Strauss ingenious and bittersweet fourth novel, The Queen of Tuesday, seems genuinely to lament a love affair that never happened. It d be the perfect 50s screen romance! But Strauss knows what time we re living in. Los Angeles Times A rollicking read. Newsday Anything Darin Strauss writes is magic. I have been his fan since the beginning of time, and I will be his fan until the sun explodes. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love A great read! Jenny Offill, author of Weather The Queen of Tuesday is a beautiful cinematic story. In a gorgeous imagined history of a not long ago world, the novelist Strauss allows us to remember our deeply held wishes to invent our lives and memories for our privately held loves. Like The Great Gatsby, Strauss reminds us here that ghosts unseen who remain deeply felt renew our heart s most passionate yearnings and ambitions. Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko A home run! Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success Darin Strauss has resurrected a lost world the grand movie that never aired, the truncated epic of what might have been between Lucille Ball and his grandfather. Part elegy, part mystery, part speculative memoir, here is a love story unlike any you ve read before spiked with Hollywood scandal and the secrets families keep across generations. Strauss is a beautiful and funny and piercing writer, and this book is a gift. Karen Russell, author of Orange World and Other Stories Wonderful! Andrew Sean Greer, author of LessDarin Strauss is the author of the bestselling novels Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You the memoir Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a bestselling comic-book series, Olivia Twist. These have been New York Times Notable Books and Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, and NPR best books of the year, among other honors. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Library Association award, and numerous additional prizes, Strauss has been translated into fourteen languages and published in nineteen countries. He is the clinical professor of fiction in the graduate writing program at New York University.Nightfall, the Beach at Coney IslandA cloud lifts, and look -here s Manhattan, tiara--bright and brash, American initiative written in glitter. It s 1949. Hundreds of cars are driving from the city to the sea. Cadillacs and Packards and wood--bodied Fords. Snaking along Stillwell Ave, they stretch a tail for miles under a Warner Bros. sky.People are coming in the tangerine twilight to view a collapse.Hey, that s your favorite celebrity over there. On the boardwalk, her white shoes scuffed black with sand. (If she s not famous now, just wait.) She s striding -confidenting -right into this party. And into the elation of this party. Banners promise or warn A Night You ll Remember. Walking beside the actress, her husband raises his fist. She isn t really sure he s joking.Earlier, she d been angry enough to throw a glass he d smashed her compact. Your typical knock--down--drag--out. Her husband s not quite famous yet, either.And the actress certainly will remember this night. There s a boy in suede gloves who s botching it, failing to reach her. The gloves are lemon--colored: it s a bright--colored time. Tonight, the actress will drop into trouble and watch the sparks in their upward flight. And her husband s fists will be used in earnest.For now, the husband mopes. It s no good you keep insulting me, he says, his accent having its way with the words. I have to know this torch expression. Can you explain carry a torch ? She says, Just a habit men have of walking around on fire. You recognize her -a woman who s learned the score. Burning yourself, getting singed, like that. Another banner: A Party for the Ages -Elizabeth Trump & Son.The actress feels chilly. That s Coney Island in April for you. She s also frustratingly unseen. The actress has bumped through life knowing what it is to be ignored, even by quote loved ones. At tonight s party, she wants to be noticed by the husband she loves. But also, especially, by men she doesn t.First she has to push her way to the boldface names at the water. It surprises her, a little, how the confident can darken a big, open beach.Partygoers have thronged to the tide line and the first pleats of brown sand. It s like a religious ceremony where the theologics have been erased. These people are here to worship themselves. That s only natural. Americans in this little breather from history stand pretty much alone on a cindered map. Every house needs a Westinghouse. The ad style is peppy, with pep and sincerity intertwined. Relax in casual slax. Make a date with Rocket 8. Across the country: fresh purchases and attitudes, fresh beliefs. Plus, it s been sunny all year and the perfect song is always playing, at just the right volume.The actress and her husband start down the sand.In this moment, there is no city but New York City. The long Atlantic keeps pulse at the shore here. It s glamorous. The air s strung with laughs and the rattle of sequins, popping flashbulbs. But the actress has a problem now. Her last--chance break is simply not happening.She doesn t consider taking her husband s hand. Nor has he offered it. On important nights, you louse things up, he says. Many times I just do not get you. Hey, that s my line. You always make me come get you. She -or the woman she has trained herself to be -is a bit excessive when not the center of attention. The high, provoking brows bright hair pinned and lifted off the neck. Don t snap yourÜber den AutorDarin Strauss is the author of the bestselling novels Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You the memoir Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a bestselling comic-book series, Olivia Twist. These have been New York Times Notable Books and Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, and NPR best books of the year, among other honors. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Library Association award, and numerous additional prizes, Strauss has been translated into fourteen languages and published in nineteen countries. He is the clinical professor of fiction in the graduate writing program at New York University.KlappentextLucille Ball, Hollywood's first true media mogul, stars in this "bold" (The Boston Globe), "boisterous novel" (The New Yorker) with a thrilling love story at its heart-from the award-winning, bestselling author of Chang & Eng and Half a LifeA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ? "A gorgeous, Technicolor take on America in the middle of the twentieth century."-Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel BoysThis indelible romance begins with a daring conceit-that the author's grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball-the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood-was part of America's first high-profile interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. She more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business. And yet Lucille's off-camera life was in disarray. While acting out a happy marriage for millions, she suffered in private. Her partner couldn't stay faithful. She struggled to balance her fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, and, most of all, a symbol.The Queen of Tuesday-Strauss's follow-up to Half a Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award-mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew. 2021, Taschenbuch, Neuware, 272g, 336, Banküberweisung, PayPal, Sofortüberweisung.

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