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Stolen beauty : a novel / Laurie Lico Albanese.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Lico Stolen
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lico Albanese, Laurie, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bloch-Bauer, Adele, 1881-1925--Fiction.
- Bloch-Bauer, Adele.
- Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918--Fiction.
- Klimt, Gustav.
- Altmann, Maria, 1916-2011--Fiction.
- Altmann, Maria.
- Vienna (Austria)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Vienna (Austria).
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria--Vienna--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- "From the dawn of the twentieth century to the devastation of World War II, this exhilarating novel of love, war, art, and family gives voice to two extraordinary women and brings to life the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings. In the dazzling glitter of 1900 Vienna, Adele Bloch-Bauer--young, beautiful, brilliant, and Jewish--meets painter Gustav Klimt. Wealthy in everything but freedom, Adele embraces Klimt's renegade genius as the two awaken to the erotic possibilities on the canvas and beyond. Though they enjoy a life where sex and art are just beginning to break through the facade of conventional society, the city is also exhibiting a disturbing increase in anti-Semitism, as political hatred foments in the shadows of Adele's coffee house afternoons and cultural salons. Nearly forty years later, Adele's niece Maria Altmann is a newlywed when the Nazis invade Austria--and overnight, her beloved Vienna becomes a war zone. When her husband is arrested and her family is forced out of their home, Maria must summon the courage and resilience that is her aunt's legacy if she is to survive and keep her family--and their history--alive".--From publisher's description.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Lico Albanese, Laurie, 1959- Stolen beauty
- ISBN:
- 9781501131981 : HRD
- 1501131982 : HRD
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