The princess of 72nd Street
Kraf, Elaine2024
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Ellen is a single artist living alone on New York's Upper West Side in the 1970s. She is beset by old boyfriends, paint pigment choices, and, occasionally, by 'radiances' - episodes of joyous, reckless unreality. Under the influence of 'radiances' she becomes Princess Esmeralda, and West 72nd Street becomes the kingdom over which she rules. Life as Esmeralda is a liberating experience for Ellen, who, despite the chaos and stigma these episodes can bring, relishes the respite from the confines of the everyday. And yet those around her, particularly the men in her life, are threatened by her incarnation as Esmeralda, and by the freedom that it gives her own terms.
Main title:
The princess of 72nd Street / Elaine Kraf ; with an introduction by Melissa Broder.
Author:
Kraf, Elaine, authorBroder, Melissa, writer of introduction
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2024.©1979
Collation:
x, 137 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
"First published by New Directions, 1979"--Title page verso.
ISBN:
9780241715277 (pbk)9780241715277 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
833377
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | KRAF | On loan - Due: 23 Jun 2026 |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | KRAF | On loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026 |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | KRAF | On loan - Due: 04 Jul 2026 |