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Gluck

Gluck

by Diana Souhami (Author)

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    Hardcover 2000

    $7.57
Synopsis

'Diana Souhami is a remarkable biographer.' Sunday Tribune Gluck was born Hannah Gluckstein in 1895 into the family that founded the J. Lyons & Co. catering empire. She was a rebel. She dressed as a man in clothes designed by Victor Stiebel and Elsa Schiaparelli, she had passionate love affairs with society women, chose her own monosyllabic name, acknowledged no influence in her painting and exhibited her work only in 'one man' shows. Diana Souhami interweaves the pictures, people and events that made up Gluck's life, in this wonderful biography which received great critical acclaim when it was first published.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 2nd Revised edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 13 Apr 2000
ISBN 10: 0297643630
ISBN 13: 9780297643630
Book Overview: * Reviews for the first edition: 'Diana Souhami has written a fascinating and well-researched book about this remarkable woman and important artist, who dressed as a man and painted in her own unique style. She has caught Gluck's mania for excellence and the passion she spent on her lovers.' Mary Wesley, Daily Telegraph 'Diana Souhami tells her bizarre story with sympathy, unsensational frankness, and a gusto laced with saving doses of civilized irony.' John Russell Taylor, Times 'A fine balance of revelation and restraint.' Janet Watts , Observer * Her latest biography of Radclyffe Hall was nominated for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.

Author Bio
Diana Souhami is the author of many widely acclaimed books, and she has also written plays for radio and television. She is presently working on a book about Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.