When She Is Old and I Am Famous
โ Scribed by Julie Orringer
- Book ID
- 111089881
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- A Vintage Short
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101970119
- ASIN
- B00VD043LI
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A Vintage Shorts โShort Story Monthโ Selection
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Mira is studying art in Florence when her cousin Aรฏda arrives for a visit. Aรฏda is a model who almost diedโbut after a grievous injury, she leaves the hospital even skinnier than she was before. She might be the greatest model anyone has ever seen. Has Mira mentioned that she herself is not a model? But Mira is an artist, and only time will tell what matters more.
โWhen She Is Old and I Am Famousโ is the piercingly beautiful story of the relationship between two young women and the longevity of love and art, a selection from Julie Orringerโs award-winning debut story collection How To Breathe Underwater, a New York Times Notable Book.ย ย ย
An eBook short.
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