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Kiki's Memoirs

by Alice Prin, Kiki, Man Ray · 1929

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Published for the first time in America are the bold and sassy memoirs of the model who became the reigning queen of 1920s Montparnasse. Her frank, funny and risque memoirs created a sensation when they first appeared in the French version in 1929, but U.S. Customs banned them from this country. They are presented here with Introductions by Ernest Hemingway and Foujita. 50 illustrations.

Subject
biographyhistory
Setting
20th centuryParisFrance
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 298 pages

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