Charlotte a novel
"Charlotte tells the story of artist Charlotte Salomon--born in pre-World War II Berlin to a Jewish family traumatized by suicide. Obsessed with art, and with living, Charlotte attended school in Germany until it was too dangerous to remain, fled to France, and was interned in a bleak work camp...
| Main Author: | Foenkinos, David. |
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| Other Authors: | Taylor, Sam, 1970- (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
The Overlook Press,
2016.
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| Summary: |
"Charlotte tells the story of artist Charlotte Salomon--born in pre-World War II Berlin to a Jewish family traumatized by suicide. Obsessed with art, and with living, Charlotte attended school in Germany until it was too dangerous to remain, fled to France, and was interned in a bleak work camp from which she narrowly escaped. Newly free, she spent two years in almost total solitude, creating a series of autobiographical art -- images, words, even musical scores -- that together tell her life story. A pregnant Charlotte was killed in Auschwitz at the age of 26, but not before she entrusted her life's work to a friend, who kept it safe until peacetime."--Jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: |
217 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781468312768 1468312766 |
| Author Notes: |
SAM TAYLOR is a journalist, novelist, and the acclaimed translator of Laurent Binet's HHhH and the New York Times bestseller The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair. |