1913: The Year before the Storm by Florian Illies

1913: The Year before the Storm

1913 #1

Florian Illies with Shaun Whiteside (Translator), Jamie Lee Searle (Translator)

270 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art history reflective medium-paced

Description

The stuffy conventions of the 19th century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; a young seamstress called Coco Chanel opens her first bout...

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Moods

informative 95%
funny 40%
reflective 40%
lighthearted 36%
challenging 18%
relaxing 18%
inspiring 13%
mysterious 9%
dark 4%
sad 4%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 28%
fast 9%

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