Cover of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century

Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century

This is a secret history of modern times, told by way of what conventional history tries to exclude. Lipstick Traces tells a story as disruptive and compelling as the century itself. Hip, metaphorical and allusive...—Gail Caldwell, Boston Sunday Globe. Full-color illustrations and halftones.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 508 pages

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