1913

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1913: The Year before the Storm\nby Florian Illies\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Florian Illies\nTitle: 1913: The Year before the Storm\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History\nPublisher: Profile Books Ltd\nPublication year: 2014\nEdition: Main\nISBN-13: 9781846689611\nISBN-10: 1846689619\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. The stuffy conventions of the nineteenth century are receding into the past, and 1913 heralds a new age of unlimited possibility. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; a young seamstre.