Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

by Courtney Maum

Book Overview

It is 1937, and Europe is on the brink of war. Hitler is circulating a most-wanted list of "cultural degenerates"--artists, writers, and thinkers whose work is deemed antithetical to the new regime. To prevent the destruction of her favorite art (and artists), the impetuous American heiress and modern art collector Leonora Calaway begins chartering boats and planes for an elite group of surrealists to Costalegre, a mysterious resort in the Mexican...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947793365
• ISBN13: 9781947793361
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"