The starlet and the spy : a novel /
Yi, Chi-min, 1974-
The starlet and the spy : a novel / Starlet & the spy Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim. - First U.S. edition. - 173, 8 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"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).
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.
9780062930262 0062930265
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.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
The starlet and the spy : a novel / Starlet & the spy Ji-min Lee ; translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim. - First U.S. edition. - 173, 8 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"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).
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.
9780062930262 0062930265
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.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.