The Lady in Gold

Fascinating. . . . A mesmerizing tale of art and the Holocaust. --The Washington Post A celebration of art and persistence. . . . O'Connor's book brings Klimt's exceptional portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer home, broadening the meaning of homeland at the same time. --The Christian Science Monitor Ms. O'Connor has told an important story. --The Wall Street Journal O'Connor skillfully filters Austria's troubled twentieth century through the life of Klimt's most beloved muse. . . . A nuanced view of a painting whose story transcends its own time. --Bookforum Captivating. --MORE Magazine Combines detailed reportage with passionate storytelling. . . . Unraveling the portrait's journey also reveals how global norms of art and war have changed, and the powerful roles that art plays in politics, society, identity and memory. --The Rumpus A fascinating book. --The Dallas Morning News Richly drawn. . . . Part history and part mystery, The Lady in Gold is a striking tale. --BookPage The lusciously detailed story of Gustav Klimt's most famous painting, detailing the relationship between the artist, the subject, their heirs and those who coveted the masterpiece. . . . Art-history fans will love the deep details of the painting, and history buffs will revel in the facts O'Connor includes as she exposes a deeper picture of World War II. --Kirkus Reviews Intriguing. . . . Poignant and convincing. . . . Vividly evokes the intellectually precocious and ambitious Adele's rich cultural and social milieu in Vienna, and how she became entwined with the charismatic, sexually charged, and irreverent Klimt. --Publishers Weekly Writing with a novelist's dynamism, O'Connor resurrects fascinating individuals and tells a many-faceted, intensely affecting, and profoundly revelatory tale of the inciting power of art and the unending need for justice. --Booklist (starred review) Fascinating. . . . A mesmerizing tale of art and the Holocaust. The Washington Post A celebration of art and persistence. . . . O Connor s book brings Klimt s exceptional portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer home, broadening the meaning of homeland at the same time. The Christian Science Monitor Ms. O Connor has told an important story. The Wall Street Journal O Connor skillfully filters Austria s troubled twentieth century through the life of Klimt s most beloved muse. . . . A nuanced view of a painting whose story transcends its own time. Bookforum Captivating. MORE Magazine Combines detailed reportage with passionate storytelling. . . . Unraveling the portrait s journey also reveals how global norms of art and war have changed, and the powerful roles that art plays in politics, society, identity and memory. The Rumpus A fascinating book. The Dallas Morning News Richly drawn. . . . Part history and part mystery, The Lady in Gold is a striking tale. BookPage The lusciously detailed story of Gustav Klimt s most famous painting, detailing the relationship between the artist, the subject, their heirs and those who coveted the masterpiece. . . . Art-history fans will love the deep details of the painting, and history buffs will revel in the facts O Connor includes as she exposes a deeper picture of World War II. Kirkus Reviews Intriguing. . . . Poignant and convincing. . . . Vividly evokes the intellectually precocious and ambitious Adele s rich cultural and social milieu in Vienna, and how she became entwined with the charismatic, sexually charged, and irreverent Klimt. Publishers Weekly Writing with a novelist s dynamism, O Connor resurrects fascinating individuals and tells a many-faceted, intensely affecting, and profoundly revelatory tale of the inciting power of art and the unending need for justice. Booklist (starred review) A book everyone can enjoy . . . wonderful in the way it weaves [Klimt's] life in with the history of the times, the history of the art world, and the impending rise of Hitler . . . fantastic in its implication of so very many groups and individuals in the holocaust itself and the stealing of art in particular. -- The Daily KOS Illuminating and rewarding . . . compelling. -- The Jewish Journal A 100-year saga involving sex, genocide, betrayal, a landmark legal battle and millions of dollars . . . harrowing . . . [a] scathing indictment . . . O'Connor gives each of her subjects a dignified historical airing. -- Maclean's The lives lost and the stories that flow from this one painting will haunt, sadden, anger, and stick with you indefinitely. -- City Book Review An engrossing history . . . entering into the relationship of artist and model. . . . [A] breathless telling. -- The Vienna Review of Books Skillfully filters Austria's troubled twentieth century through the life of Klimt's most beloved muse . . . The book's strength lies in the depth of its details . . . offering readers a nuanced view of a painting whose story transcends its own time. -- Bookforum [A] fascinating story of lust, beauty, greed, loss, prejudice, atrocity, and justice is told here with a wealth of glittering detail. -- The Dispatch O'Connor . . . skillfully navigates the bizarre orbit of Klimt's masterpiece . . . with depth of insight and righteous indignation. Whether or not you've marveled at Klimt's shimmering portrait before, you won't look at it the same way again. -- Washingtonian Fascinating, ambitious, exhaustively researched . . . A mesmerizing tale of art and the Holocaust. -- The Washington Post Writing with a novelist's dynamism, O'Connor resurrects fascinating individuals and tells a many-faceted, intensely affecting, and profoundly revelatory tale of the inciting power of art and the unending need for justice. -- Booklist (starred review) Part history and part mystery, The Lady in Gold is a striking tale. -- BookPage The dazzling, nearly surreal'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' is about a lot more than just art. O'Connor captures the whole story. -- Library Journal Every stolen painting has a story. The tale behind this one is epic. -- Christian Science Monitor A fascinating book. -- Dallas Morning News [An] evocation of a beautiful, vanished world. -- Women's Wear Daily Fascinating tale of beauty, terror, loss and remembrance reveals a deeper truth beneath the golden surface. --Jonathan Lopez, Associated Press O'Connor has told an important story. -- The Wall Street Journal Lusciously detailed. -- Kirkus Encapsulates a fascinating, complicated cultural history of fin-de-siecle Vienna, its Jewish intelligentsia, and their near complete destruction by the Nazis....vividly evokes... how she became entwined with the charismatic, sexually charged, and irreverent Klimt...poignant and convincing... -- Publisher's Weekly Ignites many a startling flashpoint in the moral history of our time--a taut, rich, tangy and instructive read. --Frederic Morton Gripping in details and drama. -- The Los Angeles Times Intricately webbed and shocking tale of this iconic work. --Donna Seaman