Profile Books 1913

A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract. 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war, now in paperback.