Stolen beauty : a novel

Resource Information

The work Stolen beauty : a novel represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Stolen beauty : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Laurie Lico Albanese

Creator

• Lico Albanese, Laurie, 1959-

Author

• Lico Albanese, Laurie, 1959-

Subject

• Downloadable audio books
• Nazis -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction
• Antisemitism -- Fiction
• Audiobooks

Genre

• Fiction
• Downloadable audio books
• Audiobooks

Language

eng

Summary

"A powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family...I was transported."--Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author 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. 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

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

813/.54

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

LC call number

PS3562.I324

LC item number

S76 2017ab

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Read by Gabra Zackman and Madeleine Maby

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable