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THE BEAUTY SECRETS OF
MARGARITA MOROZOVA
by Mariam Firunts | 2005
with an introduction by Guy Maddin
illustration on title page by
Xanthippe Svanström
120 pages | 4x5.5
stab-bound | french-fold
1 matte photo affixed to cover
cover: Speckletone Black
text: Speckletone Cream
OUT OF STOCK
Ostensibly an account of her own exotic struggle with, and
devotion to, the conviction that she is the reincarnation of the real life silent film
legend and depraved scintillant Alla Nazimova, Miss Firunts’ strange and
incomparable novella takes us on a long night-swim through dazzling sequin-strewn,
tar-thick death-waters...
-from the introduction by Guy Maddin
The Beauty Secrets of Margarita Morozova is a lush novel
told in a series of chapters numbered in the manner of Coco Chanel's perfume. It concerns
the life and times of a daring young woman, Nadja, a Muscovite expatriate who
finds herself immersed in modern-day Hollywood, with all the accompanying palm trees,
theatre marques, and baubles of the film industry (particularly the studio wardrobe
and make-up department). By turns poetic, vitriolic, and nostalgic, this tale of
intrigue and obsession is sure to enthrall.
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