The only downside is that she is living with her uncle, a man completely obsessed with the occult. It’s 1926 and New York is the center of America, with gangsters and flappers, and all the glamour in between. The Diviners by LibBa BrayĮvie O’Neill has left her little town for the exhilarating streets of New York City-and she is over the moon about it. Louis to the most glamourous stages in the world, both in entertainment and politics. One of the great personalities of the 1920s, Baker worked her way from poverty in St. In poetic verse and beautiful illustrations, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson created an extraordinary biography for young readers on performer, activist, and spy Josephine Baker.
By signing up you agree to our terms of use Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. “Yellow Rose”, one of Nobuko’s most provocative and unique collections, exemplifies the modernist literary culture in 1920s Japan.
Yoshiya Nobuko’s short stories were responsible for creating the genre of shōjo fiction-fiction that was explicitly written and marketed for women and girls. So, I hope that this list can scratch that itch beyond just flappers and philosophers and expand your love for this elusive decade as we enter the 2020s. That being said, I also believe that when we talk about the Jazz Age, we tend to focus on very privileged, very male, white, and western narratives. The allure of fashion, literature, music, and party culture that surrounds the 1920s is still very alive today, a brief period in time when war had ceased in the West, and the economy reached its peak.Īs we all know, that didn’t last very long, but I believe because of the fast fleeting nature of the prosperity in the 1920s, it is still a decade worthy of fascination, even 100 years after.
The lost generation, the great artists, running all to Paris in search of the dream, and consequently the harsh realities that the post–World War I period had in store for them. I don’t think there is a period in the last century that evokes bookishness more than the 1920s.
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