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The Starlet and the Spy

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Title Sub
A Novel
Author
Lee Jimin
Co-Author
-
Translator
Kim Chi-Young
Publisher
HarperAudio
Published Year
2019
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

Original Title
나와 마릴린
Romanization of Original
Nawa marillin
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780062958952
The Series
OVERDRIVE LISTEN AUDIOBOOK

About the Author

  • Lee Jimin
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Jimin
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이지민
  • ISNI : 0000000464817407
  • Works : 5
About the Original Work
  • 나와 마릴린
  • Author : Lee Jimin
  • Published Year : 2009
  • English Title : Marilyn and Me
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  • English(English)

"This story of the unlikely meeting of two vulnerable women is a beautifully woven page turner. The battle-weary woman and the pin-up girl who meet, connect, separate: each changed by the brief union." —Heather Morris, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz

A dazzling work of historical fiction, based on true events, about two women who seem the most unlikely to ever meet: Alice, a Korean war survivor and translator for the American forces in Seoul and Marilyn Monroe, who is visiting Korea on a four-day USO tour.
February 1954. Although the Korean War armistice was signed a year ago, most citizens of Seoul still battle to return to some semblance of normalcy. Conditions are dismal. Children beg for food, and orphanages are teeming. Alice J. Kim, a Korean translator and typist for the American forces still sanctioned in the city, yearns for the life she used to live before her country was torn apart.

Then Alice's boss makes an announcement—the American movie star Marilyn Monroe will be visiting Korea on a four-day USO tour, and Alice has been chosen as her translator. Though intrigued, Alice has few expectations of the job—what could she and a beautiful actress at the peak of her fame possibly have to talk about? Yet the Marilyn she meets, while just as dazzling and sensual as Alice expected, is also surprisingly approachable.

As Marilyn's visit unfolds, Alice is forced into a reckoning with her own painful past. Moving and mesmerizing, The Starlet and the Spy is a beautiful portrayal of unexpected kinship between two very different women, and of the surprising connections that can change, or even save, a life.

Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/E178E22F-0D3D-4946-B8C2-3A216E1793D1

Translated Books4 See More

  • English(English) Book
    The Starlet and the Spy
    Ji-min Lee / 이지민 / 2019 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
  • German(Deutsch) Book
    marilyn und ich
    Ji-min Lee / 이지민 / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
  • Romanian(Română) Book
    Eu și Marilyn
    Ji-min Lee / 이지민 / 2020 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
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