| #425803 in Books | 2014-02-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x5.20 x.60l,.45 | File type: PDF | 221 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Dreamy detailed character sketches|By athena stone|A narrative mosaic about creative people traversing the darkest parts of the Twentieth century. The story provides insights into the complex relationships between artists and their teachers, their works, their colleagues, and themselves. Somewhat less informative about the political situation of Europe pre-World War II, althoug|From Publishers Weekly|Czech author Platzová makes her English-language debut with a historical novel of prewar Weimar and the Bauhaus school, which also manages to be about the disparity between memory and history. Berta Altmann grows up in Vienna, a dev
Told in clear and beautiful prose, Aaron’s Leap is a deeply moving portrait of love, sacrifice, and the transformative power of art in a time of brutal uncertainty.” SIMON VAN BOOY, author of The Illusion of Separateness
Based on the real-life story of Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Aaron’s Leap is framed by the lens of a twenty first-century Israeli film crew delving into the extraordinary life of a w...
You easily download any file type for your device.Aaron's Leap | Magdaléna Platzová. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.