Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Book Author: Lee, Ji-Min, 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, Date: New York : Harper, 2019. ©2019 Description: 173, 8 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm 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. Subjects:local Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 -- Travel -- Korea -- Fiction. Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses -- Fiction. Women translators -- Korea -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Nineteen fifties -- Fiction. Korea -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Genre: Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Other Author: Kim, Chi-Young, translator. Other Title: Nawa Marillin. English Starlet & the spy 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). ISBN: 9780062930262 0062930265 Publisher or Distributor Number: New York Other Number: 1111144128 System Availability: 4 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 4 Control Number: 1133196 Call Number: FICTION LEE Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 4 # System items in: 4 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
