The Vanished Collection

The Vanished Collection
Natasha Lehrer, Pauline Baer de Perignon
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
5 Jan 2023 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781803280912
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A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to to find the truth about her family. ' As devourable as a thriller. . . Incredibly moving' Elle' Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest, curious and open' Menachem KaiserIt all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn' t seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection. But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents' elegant Parisian apartment? The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.
' Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest, curious and open. Like the best memoirists, she manages to tell multiple stories simultaneously, to delicately layer meanings and narratives' -- Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder ' A charmingly told account of a woman' s quest to reconstruct her great-grandfather' s art collection' -- Lynn H. Nicholas, author of The Rape of Europa ' Beautifully evokes a vanished world that once stood at the crossroads between the heights of civilization and the depths of barbarism before being overwhelmed by the latter' -- James Gardner, author of The Louvre ' A terrific book' * Le Point * As devourable as a thriller. . . Incredibly moving' * Elle * ' Pauline Baer de Perignon transforms an unfortunately commonplace account of paintings stolen by the Nazis into a breathtaking novel of suspense' * Le Figaro *
Pauline Baer de Perignon has co-authored film scripts and directed writing workshops in Paris where she lives. The Vanished Collection is her first book. Natasha Lehrer has translated books by Georges Bataille, Robert Desnos, Victor Segalen, Chantal Thomas and the Dalai Lama. Her co-translation of Nathalie Leger' s Suite for Barbara Loden won the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781803280912
Published: 5 Jan 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 256

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