Love in a Time of Hate - Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39

Informationen zum Autor Florian Illies was born in 1971. He has worked as literary editor for major German newspapers and magazines, and co-founded art magazine Monopol . His previous four books have sold over one million copies. Klappentext A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023' 1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian café for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from her loveless marriage into the dive bars of Berlin. Father and son Thomas and Klaus Mann clash over each other's homosexuality. And Vladimir Nabokov lovingly places a fresh-caught butterfly at the end of Verá's bed. Little do they all know, the book burning will soon begin. Love in a Time of Hate skilfully interweaves some of the greatest love stories of the 1930s with the darkening backdrop of fascism in Europe, in an irresistible journey into the past that brings history and its actors to vivid life. Vorwort The love lives of famous Europeans, as war approaches - from the bestselling author of 1913 Zusammenfassung The love lives of famous Europeans, as war approaches - from the bestselling author of 1913

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Florian Illies, Illies Florian
• Collaboration: Simon Pare (Traduction), Pare Simon (Traduction)
• Edition: Profile Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781800811140
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-114-0
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 34 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > 20e siècle (jusqu'en 1945); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Politics and government, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)