Maybe the moon: a novel
"Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth - Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast, and former Guinness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman." "All o...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York
Harper Collins
1992
|
| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Zusammenfassung: | "Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth - Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast, and former Guinness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman." "All of thirty-one inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star." "In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroin across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles - from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs, and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplices in this venture are her dithery housemate, Renee, and her best friend Jeff, a gay writer who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet." "As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from its participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | 307 S. |
| ISBN: | 0060165529 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV007662689 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 00000000000000.0 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 930601s1992 |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 0060165529 |9 0-06-016552-9 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)26096578 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV007662689 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a PS3563.A878 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 813/.54 |2 20 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Maupin, Armistead |d 1944- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)115426647 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Maybe the moon |b a novel |c Armistead Maupin |
| 250 | |a 1. ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Harper Collins |c 1992 | |
| 300 | |a 307 S. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | 1 | |a "Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth - Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast, and former Guinness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman." "All of thirty-one inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star." "In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroin across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles - from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs, and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplices in this venture are her dithery housemate, Renee, and her best friend Jeff, a gay writer who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet." "As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from its participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Dwarfs |v Fiction | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Entertainers |z California |z Los Angeles |v Fiction | |
| 651 | 4 | |a Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |v Fiction | |
| 655 | 7 | |8 1\p |0 (DE-588)1071854844 |a Fiktionale Darstellung |2 gnd-content | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Didactic fiction |2 gsafd | |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-005024561 | ||
| 883 | 1 | |8 1\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804122016509329408 |
|---|---|
| any_adam_object | |
| author | Maupin, Armistead 1944- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)115426647 |
| author_facet | Maupin, Armistead 1944- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Maupin, Armistead 1944- |
| author_variant | a m am |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV007662689 |
| callnumber-first | P - Language and Literature |
| callnumber-label | PS3563 |
| callnumber-raw | PS3563.A878 |
| callnumber-search | PS3563.A878 |
| callnumber-sort | PS 43563 A878 |
| callnumber-subject | PS - American Literature |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)26096578 (DE-599)BVBBV007662689 |
| dewey-full | 813/.54 |
| dewey-hundreds | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
| dewey-ones | 813 - American fiction in English |
| dewey-raw | 813/.54 |
| dewey-search | 813/.54 |
| dewey-sort | 3813 254 |
| dewey-tens | 810 - American literature in English |
| discipline | Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| edition | 1. ed. |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02959nam a2200373 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV007662689</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">00000000000000.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">930601s1992 |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0060165529</subfield><subfield code="9">0-06-016552-9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)26096578</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV007662689</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">PS3563.A878</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">813/.54</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Maupin, Armistead</subfield><subfield code="d">1944-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)115426647</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Maybe the moon</subfield><subfield code="b">a novel</subfield><subfield code="c">Armistead Maupin</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1. ed.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York</subfield><subfield code="b">Harper Collins</subfield><subfield code="c">1992</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">307 S.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth - Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast, and former Guinness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman." "All of thirty-one inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star." "In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroin across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles - from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs, and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplices in this venture are her dithery housemate, Renee, and her best friend Jeff, a gay writer who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet." "As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from its participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature."--BOOK JACKET.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Dwarfs</subfield><subfield code="v">Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Entertainers</subfield><subfield code="z">California</subfield><subfield code="z">Los Angeles</subfield><subfield code="v">Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)</subfield><subfield code="v">Fiction</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1071854844</subfield><subfield code="a">Fiktionale Darstellung</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Didactic fiction</subfield><subfield code="2">gsafd</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-005024561</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| genre | 1\p (DE-588)1071854844 Fiktionale Darstellung gnd-content Didactic fiction gsafd |
| genre_facet | Fiktionale Darstellung Didactic fiction |
| geographic | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction |
| geographic_facet | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction |
| id | DE-604.BV007662689 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T17:07:10Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0060165529 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-005024561 |
| oclc_num | 26096578 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 |
| physical | 307 S. |
| publishDate | 1992 |
| publishDateSearch | 1992 |
| publishDateSort | 1992 |
| publisher | Harper Collins |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Maupin, Armistead 1944- Verfasser (DE-588)115426647 aut Maybe the moon a novel Armistead Maupin 1. ed. New York Harper Collins 1992 307 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth - Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast, and former Guinness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman." "All of thirty-one inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star." "In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroin across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles - from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs, and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplices in this venture are her dithery housemate, Renee, and her best friend Jeff, a gay writer who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet." "As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from its participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature."--BOOK JACKET. Dwarfs Fiction Entertainers California Los Angeles Fiction Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction 1\p (DE-588)1071854844 Fiktionale Darstellung gnd-content Didactic fiction gsafd 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Maupin, Armistead 1944- Maybe the moon a novel Dwarfs Fiction Entertainers California Los Angeles Fiction |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)1071854844 |
| title | Maybe the moon a novel |
| title_auth | Maybe the moon a novel |
| title_exact_search | Maybe the moon a novel |
| title_full | Maybe the moon a novel Armistead Maupin |
| title_fullStr | Maybe the moon a novel Armistead Maupin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maybe the moon a novel Armistead Maupin |
| title_short | Maybe the moon |
| title_sort | maybe the moon a novel |
| title_sub | a novel |
| topic | Dwarfs Fiction Entertainers California Los Angeles Fiction |
| topic_facet | Dwarfs Fiction Entertainers California Los Angeles Fiction Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fiction Fiktionale Darstellung Didactic fiction |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT maupinarmistead maybethemoonanovel |