Petite Mort: Or, A Little Death (HB, 2013)

Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781846689062 Author: Beatrice Hitchman Publisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2013 Number of Pages: 329 Language: English Weight (gm): 515 ---------- Book Condition / Grade: Like New Dust-jacket Condition / Grade: Like New ---------- Description: Mesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death ... A silent film, destroyed in a fire in 1913 at the Pathe studio, before it was seen even by its director. A lowly seamstress, who makes the costumes she should be wearing, but believes her talent - and the secret she keeps too - will soon get her a dressing room of her own. A beautiful house in Paris, with a curving staircase, a lake, and locked rooms. A famous - and dashing - creator of spectacular cinematic illusions, husband to a beautiful, volatile actress, the most adored icon of the Parisian studios. All fit together, like scenes in a movie. And as you will see, this plot has a twist we beg you not to disclose ...