Award-Winning Author's Latest Novel Visits the Golden Age of Hollywood
Submitted by: Anaphora Literary Press
2013-07-04 00:01:53
Prolific author Marilyn Jaye Lewis's novel, Twilight of the Immortal, has been published.
Tucson, AZ (OPENPRESS) Anaphora Literary Press is pleased to promote Twilight of the Immortal, which tells the remarkable story of early Hollywood through the eyes of Rosemary McKisco, a wayward young heiress who throws in her lot with the great Alla Nazimova, the first openly lesbian star of stage and screen. Fleeing a respectable marriage to a wealthy Broadway producer on the eve of America's entry into the Great War, Rosemary follows Nazimova to Hollywood, navigating her twilight world where women prefer women and men prefer men. It is the heyday of the Silent Era—a time of indulgent excess, of scandals and free love. For a shining moment, Rudolph Valentino reigns as the silver screen's "Greatest Lover" and Rosemary is not immune to his magnetic charm. As his trusted confidante, she stands by him through the curses of his outrageous fortune—and barely survives his sudden, tragic death. By 1927, as Valentino's infamous funeral fades from the daily headlines to become the less volatile stuff of legend, Rosemary makes her peace with Hollywood at last--but at what cost?
"As historical fiction, it is rich with detail and imagery, providing a strong 'you were there' experience for the reader...For me, the only disappointing part of the reading experience was reaching the end." --MB Austen, BiWomenBoston.org
Marilyn Jaye Lewis is an award-winning writer of cutting-edge fiction, memoirs, and essays. The author of numerous short stories and novellas, her career has thus far spanned two decades and her work has been translated into French, Italian, Japanese, German, and Spanish. Her many novels include Freak Parade, In the Secret Hours, and the work-in-progress Curse of Our Profound Disorder (winner of a New Century Writers Award and a finalist in the William Faulkner Writing Competition).
($30, ISBNs: 1460904125/ 9781460904121, LCCN: 2011902172, 5.06X7.81", 602pp)
Anaphora Literary Press is an independent publisher that has published dozens of creative and non-fiction books. Among these publications is the Pennsylvania Literay Journal, a tri-annual journal, which has published best-selling authors like Cinda Willaims Chima and Carrie Ryan. The press is a member of The Independent Book Publishers Association and The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Anaphora authors have done readings at major venues. Several titles have been assigned in college classes, and reviewed in major academic, trade and news publications. The Press's Director, Anna Faktorovich, is an English professor.
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