Malevolent muse
Subtitle: the life of Alma Mahler
By: Oliver Hilmes : translated by Donald Arthur
Contributors: Arthur, Donald, translator
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781555537890
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Arts; Wives; Biography; History
Work titles: Witwe im Wahn
Description: "The legendary life of the muse of geniuses, Alma Mahler-Gropius-Werfel"--
Notes: "Originally published as Witwe im Wahn : Das Leben der Alma Mahler-Werfel. Munich, Germany : Siedler Verlag, [2014]."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and name index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Childhood and youth (1879-1901); title: Mahler (1901-1911); title: Excesses (1911-1915); title: Marriage at a distance (1915-1917); title: Love-hate (1917-1930); title: Radicalization (1931-1938); title: The involuntary escape (1938-1940); title: In safety, and unhappy (1940-1945); title: Last refrain (1945-1964); title: Epilogue.