Nina’s third book, The Age of Dreaming, was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. never lacking in vivid detail and authentic atmosphere, the novel cements Revoyr's reputation as one of the freshest young chroniclers of life in L.A." Her second novel, Southland, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and "Best Book of 2003," a Book Sense 76 pick, an Edgar Award finalist, and the winner of the Ferro Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award.
on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you've turned the last page at 3 a.m. Her first book, The Necessary Hunger, was described by Time magazine as "the kind of irresistible read you start on the subway at 6 p.m. Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. It is part historical novel, part mystery, and part unfulfilled love story, all told through the voice of a forgotten star who must gradually come to terms with his past. The Age of Dreaming explores the history of Los Angeles, the heady beginnings of the movie industry, and the interplay of race and celebrity. It is also the story of a man caught between worlds: Jun must try to please both his Japanese and American fans, and while he is adored by moviegoers-especially women-he's despised by public officials, who see him as a threat to American power and racial purity.
Revoyr's stunning new novel alternates between the 1960s and the height of the silent film era. But what Jun ultimately discovers is far more complex and personal than even he could have imagined. Louis who becomes a major Hollywood diva Nora Minton Niles, the dreamy, childlike teenage actress controlled by her ambitious mother Hanako Minatoya, the elegant actress and playwright who serves as Jun's inspiration and foil and Ashley Bennett Tyler, the British director whose guiding hand turns Jun into a star.
In the process, he recounts the lives of several other figures from the silent film era: Elizabeth Banks, the working-class girl from St. Spurred on by his fear of a potential "misunderstanding," Jun begins to track down his surviving acquaintances from his years as Perennial Pictures' greatest star. These events include the changing social and racial tides in California-and the unsolved murder of his favorite director, Ashley Bennett Tyler. But he begins to worry that someone might delve too deeply into the past, and uncover the events that led to the abrupt end of his career in 1922. When Bellinger reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind, Jun is intrigued. Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he is living in complete obscurity-until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview.
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