The Age of Dreaming

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, reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind. Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies, 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. These events include the changing racial tides in California and the unsolved murder of his favorite director, Ashley Bennett Tyler.

The Age of Dreaming is part historical novel, part mystery, and part unrequited love story.


Genre: Historical Mystery

"Brilliant and original... The carefully restrained voice of the narrator, once a silent film star, recalls Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day - but in his past, it turns out, there was also passion, madness, and murder." - Alison Lurie

"The Age of Dreaming is a masterpiece of the sort that doesn't just seduce the reader - it leaves you transformed. Nina Revoyr deserves to be counted among the top ranks of novelists at work today." - Jerry Stahl

"This is a riveting, wise, and gorgeous novel." - Mary Yukari Waters