Else Jerusalem — Red House Alley with Translator Stephanie Gorrell Ortega

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Else Jerusalem’s Red House Alley is a riveting exposé of the sex industry in fin-de-siècle Vienna. A bestseller upon its 1909 publication, the novel was banned by the Nazis in 1933 (along with its 1928 film adaptation) and fell into obscurity. Boiler House Press published the first full English translation of this landmark work last year, and translator Stephanie Gorrell Ortega joins us to discuss Jerusalem’s richly-drawn account of brothel workers (based on accounts from real prostitutes). We also draw comparisons with this year’s Academy Award-winning “Best Picture,” Anora.
Mentioned in this episode:
Red House Alley (boilerhouse.press/product-page/red-house-alley) by Else Jerusalem
Life and photos of Else Jerusalem (elsejerusalem.org)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anora
The Diary of a Lost Girl (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Lost_Girl) by Margarite Böhme
The DIary of a Lost Girl (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Lost_Girl) film
Young Vienna movement (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Vienna)
Rebellion in the Brothel (stefanludwigfilm.eu/en/archive/projects/rebell…) documentary about the Regina Riehl trial
Celestina Truxa (geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Celestina_Truxa)
Felix Salten (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Salten)
Hermann Bahr (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Bahr)
Arthur Schnitzler (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schnitzler)
Karl Wittgenstein (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wittgenstein)
Ludwig Wittgenstein (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein)
Pretty Baby (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Baby_(1978_film))
David Copperfield (bookshop.org/p/books/david-copperfield-charles…)
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 106 (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/106-helen-cromwell…)on Dirty Helen Cromwell
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 197 (lostladiesoflit.com/transcripts/197-helen-trac…) on Helen Tracy Lowe Porter

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