The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger's best-selling roman a clef about a bright woman's brief period of servitude at a fashion magazine.
2006-10-22 12:41:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
a novel describing real-life events behind a façade of fiction
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2006-10-23 14:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by dolphin_heart19 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
French for "novel with a key" is a novel describing real-life events behind a façade of fiction. The "key", not present in the text, is the correlation between events and characters in the novel and events and characters in real life.
2006-10-22 19:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A good example was the book Primary Colors which was a thinly veiled account of Bill Clinton's run for President in 1992.
2006-10-22 19:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋