Holy Skirts: A Novel Of A Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All For Art (P.S.) - Softcover

Steinke, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060778016 ISBN 13: 9780060778019

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2016

Synopsis

National Book Award Finalist

No one in 1917 New York had ever encountered a woman like the Bar-oness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven -- poet, artist, proto-punk rocker, sexual libertine, fashion avatar, and unrepentant troublemaker. When she wasn't stalking the streets of Greenwich Village wearing a brassiere made from tomato cans, she was enthusiastically declaiming her poems to sailors in beer halls or posing nude for Man Ray or Marcel Duchamp. In an era of brutal war, technological innovation, and cataclysmic change, the Baroness had resolved to create her own destiny -- taking the center of the Dadaist circle, breaking every bond of female propriety . . . and transforming herself into a living, breathing work of art.

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Review:

"A fascinating read." -- W Magazine

"A fascinating read."--W Magazine

"Steinke's graceful prose adds intimate texture to a woman so cutting-edge that Duchamp called her 'the future.'"--Entertainment Weekly

"Steinke shows palpable admiration and respect for her proto-feminist protagonist. This is an intelligent, spirited work that stimulates interest in the baroness's work and times."--Publishers Weekly

"Steinke's book reminds us why Elsa's frenetic, avant-garde world is worth remembering."--Time Out New York

"The baroness's antics make the Andy Warhol crowd seem tame by comparison."--Playboy

"Steinke is a consummate prose stylist. She has a poet's ear for words...."--BookForum

"Steinke has drawn a fully realized character whose Dadaist impulses, even though the filter of time and fiction, still startle."--Chicago Tribune

Steinke shows palpable admiration and respect for her proto-feminist protagonist. This is an intelligent, spirited work that stimulates interest in the baroness s work and times. --Publishers Weekly"

The baroness s antics make the Andy Warhol crowd seem tame by comparison. --Playboy"

Synopsis:

Established as a fashion avatar and controversial Greenwich Village celebrity in the early 1900s, the Baroness Elsa, a German migr and troublemaking artist, stalks the streets donning unusual garments and poses nude for Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp while witnessing World War I, technological innovations, and a shift in the lives of independent-minded

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0060778016
• ISBN 13: 9780060778019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 386