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Author:

Yi, Chi-min, 1974- author.

Title:

The starlet and the spy : a novel / Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

173, 8 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Korean War, 1950-1953--Fiction.
Monroe, Marilyn,--1926-1962--Travel--Korea--Fiction.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Fiction.
Women translators--Korea--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Fiction.
Korea--History--20th century--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Kim, Chi-Young, translator.

Other Titles:

Nawa Marillin. English

Notes:

"P.S. Insights, interviews, & more"--Back cover. "Originally published as Marilyn and me in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Fourth estate."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-173).

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0062930265
9780062930262

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1111144128

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)