Künstlers in Paradise

Künstlers in Paradise

First edition

Hardback (21 Apr 2023)

Save $5.36

  • RRP $31.29
  • $25.93
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

4 copies available online - Usually dispatched within 72 hours

Publisher's Synopsis

For years Mamie Künstler, 93-years-old, as clever and glamorous as ever, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice, California with her inscrutable housekeeper and her gigantic St. Bernard dog. Their tranquility is upended when Mamie's grandson, Julian, arrives from New York City. Like many a 20-something, he has come to seek his fortune in Hollywood. But it is 2020, the global pandemic sweeps in, and Julian's short visit suddenly has no end in sight. Mamie was only 11 when the Künstlers escaped Vienna in 1939. They made their way to sunny, surreal Los Angeles where they joined a colony of Jewish musicians, writers and intellectuals also escaping Hitler. Now, faced with months of lockdown and a willing listener, Mamie begins to tell Julian the buried stories of her early years in Los Angeles: her escapades with eminent émigrés like Arnold Schoenberg, Christopher Isherwood, Thomas Mann.

Book information

ISBN: 9781250805904
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Imprint: Henry Holt and Company
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 259
Weight: 440g
Height: 164mm
Width: 245mm
Spine width: 27mm