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Stolen beauty : a novel / Laurie Lico Albanese.
A tale based on the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings traces the experiences of one of the master artist's lovers in 1900 Vienna, whose experiences with anti-Semitism inspire the survival of her niece when the Nazis invade Austria decades later.
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. It juxtaposes passion and discovery against hatred and despair, and shines a light on our ability to love, to destroy, and above all, to endure.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501131981
- ISBN: 9781501131998 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 306 pages : colour illustration, colour map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Coloured illustration and coloured map on endpapers. |
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| Subject: | Bloch-Bauer, Adele, 1881-1925 > Fiction. Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918 > Fiction. Altmann, Maria, 1916-2011 > Fiction. Antisemitism > Fiction. Artists > Austria > Vienna > Fiction. Courage > Fiction. Jews > Austria > Fiction. Nazis > Fiction. Painting > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Austria > Vienna > Fiction. Vienna (Austria) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at Sitka.
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| Nakusp Public Library | FIC LIC (Text) | 35160000744210 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC ALB (Text) | 35136000514118 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Lic (Text) | 32665002069831 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nelson Public Library | F LIC (Text) | 3514830025792 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Pouce Coupe Public Library | F ALB (Text) | 35333000315030 | Fiction | Volume hold | In process | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
A tale based on the true story behind Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings traces the experiences of one of the artist's lovers in 1900 Vienna, and her niece, who must draw on her aunt's legacy of courage and resilience when the Nazis invade Austria. - Baker & Taylor
A tale based on the true story behind the creation and near destruction of Gustav Klimt's most remarkable paintings traces the experiences of one of the master artist's lovers in 1900 Vienna, whose experiences with anti-Semitism inspire the survival of her niece when the Nazis invade Austria decades later. - Simon and Schuster
'A powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family'I was transported.' 'Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author
'Albanese artfully weaves Adele's story with Maria's harrowing life under the Nazis, but it's hard to read Stolen Beauty without seeing ugly echoes in today's headlines. Seven decades after World War II, have we learned nothing?' 'USA TODAY
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 façade 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.
Will Maria and her family escape the grip of Nazis' grip? And what will become of the paintings that her aunt nearly sacrificed everything for?
Impeccably researched and a 'must-read for fans of Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Paula McLain's Circling the Sun' (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Stolen Beauty intertwines the tales of two remarkable women across more than a hundred years. It juxtaposes passion and discovery against hatred and despair, and shines a light on our ability to love, to destroy, and above all, to endure.
