Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler

by Cate Haste

Book Overview

A new biography of Alma Mahler (1879-1964), revealing a woman determined to wield power in a world that denied her agency
History has long vilified Alma Mahler. Critics accused her of distracting Gustav Mahler from his work, and her passionate love affairs shocked her peers. Drawing on Alma's vivid, sensual, and overlooked diaries, biographer Cate Haste recounts the untold and far more sympathetic story of this ambitious and talented woman...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465096719
• ISBN13: 9780465096718
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"