Salka Viertel was a Jewish actress who immigrated to Hollywood and was popularly known as the screenwriter for Swedish actress Greta Garbo. In addition, she had a salon in Santa Monica, which was attended by a large part of the European intelligentsia in exile. In the book, topics such as the alleged bisexuality of Salka Viertel and the number of recognized friends she had, to name just a few, come up: Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin, Sergei Eisenstein, FW Murnau, Max Reinhardt, Arnold Schönberg, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Greta Garbo, Montgomery Clift... Also, like Gertrude Stein and other notorious women, she had her own literary salon for the one that writers like Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood, Gore Vidal and a long etcetera passed. Other themes included are the Berlin of the 1920s; the transition from silent to spoken cinema, seen from the mecca of Hollywood. Then, the rise of Hitler and what it meant for the Jewish condition; the exile of those intellectuals who could not return to their respective countries due to World War II. Later, the Cold War and the witch hunt against communism. The truth is that the background of the life of Salka Viertel and her circle of friends encompasses the great events of the 20th century. Salka Viertel was a very modern and interesting woman for her time who should be known as she deserves. "Despite Since Salka Viertel was such a pivotal figure in the exile community, very little has been written about her, so Núria Añó's book is a corrective, and she fills in many of the gaps in The Foreigners of Mabery Road."- Dialog International"A very interesting story and I think even in these very current times, since in my eyes we have not advanced much in the matter of accepting "interpersonal feelings" in general. A great book, extremely interesting about Hollywood in the thirties and forties and the influence of artists from European countries such as Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, England, Ukraine... An enormous and high-quality research work resulting in a deep story about many pe well-known personalities and their interpersonal relationships."-Joannes W. M. Groenewege, Translator

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