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LIMITED EDITION The Neue Galerie Manhattan Diary, produced by Gallery Leather, features endpapers with Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann's Adler pattern from 1910, gilded edges, metal protective corners, and a black full-grain leather binding debossed with our logo. For over 30 years, the Manhattan City Diary has been a must-have resource for everything New Yorkers need to know about the Big Apple. Featuring a wealth of city listings including restaurants, shops, art galleries, nightlife, 24-hour services, and emergency numbers. Packed with useful information like conversion charts, a vintage wine list, holidays, and more. For keeping up to date on your appointments, there's a week-to-a-spread calendar section. Other features: Book Bound 7" tall x 3.25" wide Contains week-to-a-spread calendar Over 3,000 Area-Specific Listings Black ribbon bookmark 112 sheets/224 pages

Neue Galerie Manhattan Diary 2027

Renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is well known for his golden masterpieces full of sumptuous ornamentation, as well as his incredible portraits and vibrant landscapes. In this opulent art calendar, revel in 12 of Klimt’s fantastic paintings, including The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. In this wall calendar, informative text accompanies each work, and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging. Foiled Cover12 pages | 12 IllustrationsFlame Tree Calendars, 202611.75 x 0.2 x 11.7 inchesISBN 9781806940448Calendars

Gustav Klimt Wall Calendar 2027

Gustav Klimt’s work is instantly recognizable, and this beautiful mini wall calendar showcases some of his most stunning work. The pieces range from Klimt’s golden designs for the Stoclet Frieze, to some of his elegant portraits of society women. In this mini wall calendar with a foiled cover, informative text accompanies each work, and the datepad features previous and next month’s views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging. Foiled Cover12 pages | 12 illustrationsFlame Tree Calendars, 20267 x 0.2 x 7 inchesISBN 9781806941322Calendars

Gustav Klimt Mini Wall Calendar 2027

Providing an exclusive glimpse into the renowned museum co-founded by one of the world’s finest private art collectors, Ronald S. Lauder, this richly illustrated pocket-sized guide offers readers a chance to explore the Neue Galerie’s illustrious collection and its milieu. Published in conjunction with the "25th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterworks from the Neue Galerie."Neue Galerie New York is a museum devoted to early twentieth-century Austrian and German art and design. It was established in the autumn of 2001 by two men who enjoyed a close friendship over a period of nearly thirty years: art dealer and exhibition organizer Serge Sabarsky and businessman, philanthropist, and art collector Ronald S. Lauder.Sabarsky and Lauder shared a passionate commitment to modern Austrian and German art and dreamed of opening a museum to showcase the finest examples of this work. After Sabarsky’s death in 1996, Lauder carried on the vision of creating Neue Galerie New York as a tribute to his friend. Led by director Renée Price, the Neue Galerie is the most important museum venue in the United States to showcase Austrian and German fine and decorative art of the early twentieth century. The collection includes work by artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and designers such as Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Marcel Breuer, Marianne Brandt, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, among many others. This visual guide to the Neue Galerie, its collections, and its programs, as well as its renowned Design Shop, Book Store, and Café Sabarsky, surveys the first twenty-five years of the museum’s exceptional history. This is an essential companion both for aficionados of the museum and its history and for those discovering the museum and its rich offerings for the first time. Paperback100 pagesPrestel, 20268.25 x 5.6 inchesISBN 9783791394992

Neue Galerie New York: The Museum and Its Collection

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)Town among Greenery (The Old City III), 1917 This archival pigment print was custom-printed with wide-gamut archival pigment inks on 100% cotton acid-free fine art paper. The colors will last more than a lifetime. Print size: 14"x11", Image size: 12 3/4" x 10"

Egon Schiele: Town Among Greenery [Giclée Print]

By Tobias G. Natter, Christiane Druml and Markus MüllerTaking Klimt’s lost painting Medicine as a starting point, this authoritative volume examines the relationship between art, medicine, and modern thought in Vienna around 1900.When Gustav Klimt unveiled Medicine in 1901, the work sparked outrage by challenging conventional ideas about science, progress, and the human condition, becoming one of the defining cultural controversies of its time. Withdrawn by the artist and destroyed during World War II, Medicine remains one of the most fascinating lost masterpieces of modern art. Through paintings, drawings, archival photographs, and restored imagery, this volume reconstructs the history, meaning, and legacy of the work while placing it within the intellectual ferment of fin-de-siècle Vienna. Essays explore the connections between art, anatomy, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, and modern medical science.Leading scholars reveal Klimt’s engagement with the ideas reshaping his era, in particular microscopical cell examination, Darwinian concepts of human evolution, and the discovery of the unconscious. Reproductions of related masterpieces highlight the themes of birth and death, sexuality, consciousness and transformation. Documents in unprecedented detail the impact of Gustav Klimt’s painting, Medicine. Authors are experts in the field of art history, and on medicine and cultural studies Sheds light on the creative milieu of the time as well as Klimt’s allegories of life Richly illustrated with Klimt’s artworks, essays are interspersed with plate sections Ideal for readers interested in the intersections of art, medicine, and philosophy Essential reading for Klimt enthusiasts, this volume is a compelling new perspective on Klimt’s lost masterpiece and its enduring relevance.Hardcover240 pagesPrestel, 20269.5 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783819500145Monographs

Gustav Klimt and Medicine: The Flow of Life

Edited by Frank SchmidtWith Contributions by Rebecca Duckwitz, Simone Ewald, and Wolfgang WernerWith Essays by Frank Schmidt This oversize volume examines the career of Paula Modersohn-Becker, a pioneering Expressionist who was largely unknown during her lifetime. Published in celebration of the 150th birthday of Paula Modersohn-Becker, an artist who remains one of the most important figures of the German avant-garde, this book examines her artistic development in depth and presents works from all phases of her career, with a particular focus on her early work, which has hitherto received little attention or recognition. Modersohn-Becker was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, and her works influenced such major figures as Georg Baselitz and Chantal Joffe. But how did Paula Becker, born in Dresden in 1876, become the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker? Numerous works from renowned collections and private holdings illustrate this fascinating story and demonstrate that she was following her own artistic path even in her student years. It was this path that made her the legend she became, celebrated in literature, film, and art. This oversized and lavishly illustrated publication celebrates the beloved artist with large reproductions of her most iconic works as well as seldom shown works. Paperback96 pages | 70 color illustrationsHirmer Publishers, 20269.45 x 0.4 x 12.99 inchesISBN 9783777447827Paula Modersohn-Becker, German Expressionism

Paula Modersohn-Becker: London–Berlin–Worpswede–Paris

Edited by Christian Bauer and Bernadette Reinhold The legendary rivalry between two exceptional artists of Austrian Modernism, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele, a rivalry that sparked artistic masterpieces. This lavishly illustrated publication looks at the relationship of the two towering figures of Austrian Modernism, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele. They were rivals and masterful networkers, and their race for success and recognition opens up a previously untold chapter of modern art. Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele were rising stars in early twentieth-century Vienna, and their early work laid the foundations for Austrian Expressionism. Their rivalry is as exceptional as their networks and artworks. When Egon Schiele died in 1918 at just twenty-eight years old, his attempt at reconciliation with Kokoschka having failed, the elder artist still had six decades ahead of him, during which he would be celebrated internationally as a major Austrian figure. But he never escaped Schiele’s shadow—quite the contrary. With historical documents and art reproductions, this publication shows in detail the feud that these two artists fought. Hardcover272 pages | 250 color platesHirmer Publishers, 20268.86 x 0.98 x 11.22 inchesISBN 9783777445243Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian Modernism

Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka: Networkers and Rivals

By Stefan ZweigTranslated by Anthea Bell You loved him for decades and he doesn’t even know your name… A DEVASTATING PORTRAIT OF SILENT OBSESSION: Yearning, heartbreak, and tragedy unfold in this haunting autopsy of a broken heart. “In … Zweig’s most famous story, an obsessive passion lays bare the truth about a hypocritical society civilized to the point of inhumanity.” —Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, these 4 pieces of Stefan Zweig’s short fiction are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale offers a devastating depiction of unrequited love. Returning home to Vienna, an author in midlife opens a letter from a woman he has no memory of, but who has loved him her whole life. From a youthful crush to a night of shared passion, she has shaped her entire existence around the quiet pursuit of his attention. Yet, despite their intimacy and a child born of their union, she remains a ghost in his biography. Elsewhere in the collection, Zweig explores the fragile architecture of the heart:A young man mistakes his beloved for her sister.Two former lovers reunite after a lifetime of silence.A married woman repays a haunting debt of gratitude to a childhood sweetheart.Expertly paced, laced with the acutely accurate psychological detail and empathy that are Zweig’s trademarks, this is a powerful addition to Pushkin’s unequalled collection of his work. Also available in German. Paperback160 pagesPushkin Press Classics, 20265.1 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781782697633Short Stories, Fiction

Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

By Ruth RehmannTranslated by Rob MadoleIntroduction by Megan Nolan ‘The rediscovery of this lost classic will shift perceptions of German literature in the English speaking world. Mercurial, seductive, smart and startling.’ —Megan Nolan Four office workers, one unforgettable weekend—this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee. Welcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. Across the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. Over one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. Together, they reveal the illusions we live by – in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind’s eye. Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.Also available in German. Paperback288 pagesFaber & Faber, 2026Originally published in 19595 x 0.9 x 7.6 inchesISBN 9780571396580German Literature, Ruth Rehmann

Illusions

By Milo Todd 2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER Finalist for the New England Book Award “Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals.” —The Boston Globe “In dual timelines, Milo Todd thoughtfully portrays the plight of queer and transgender people in Germany before and after World War II.” —Becky Meloan, The Washington Post A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves In 1932 Berlin, a trans man named Bertie and his friends spend carefree nights at the Eldorado Club, the epicenter of Berlin’s thriving queer community. An employee of the renowned Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld at the Institute of Sexual Science, Bertie works to improve queer rights in Germany and beyond. But everything changes when Hitler rises to power. The Institute is raided, the Eldorado is shuttered, and queer people are rounded up. Bertie barely escapes with his girlfriend, Sofie, to a nearby farm. There they take on the identities of an elderly couple and live for more than a decade in isolation. In the final days of the war, with their freedom in sight, Bertie and Sofie find a young trans man collapsed on their property, still dressed in Holocaust prison clothes. They vow to protect him—not from the Nazis, but from the Allied forces who are arresting queer prisoners while liberating the rest of the country. Ironically, as the Allies’ vise grip closes on Bertie and his family, their only salvation is to flee to the United States. Brimming with hope, resilience, and the enduring power of community, The Lilac People tells an extraordinary story inspired by real events and recovers an unknown moment of World War II and trans history. Paperback320 pagesCounterpoint, 20265.5 x 8.25 inchesISBN 9781640097667 Historical Fiction, LGBTQ History

The Lilac People: A Novel [Paperback]

Von Melanie LaiblIllustr. von Hemma Bergner Eine tierische Streitgeschichte: wilde Verfolgungsjagd mit süßem Ende Zwischen Hoppelhase Schnifis und Spitz Ludovic ist ein Wettrennen entbrannt: Rund um den Birnbaum geht es in rasender Geschwindigkeit, wieder und wieder und wieder ... bis es dem Baum zu bunt wird und er drastische Maßnahmen ergreift. Das kunterbunte Bilderbuch mit den witzigen Reimen von Melanie Laibl, illustriert von Hemma Bergner, macht einfach Spaß. Die rasante Geschichte von zwei Freunden, die sich nach einer wilden Verfolgungsjagd und dem unvermuteten Eingreifen der Botanik wieder vertragen, sorgt bei jedem Vorlesen für Gelächter! Birnbaum, Hund und Hase: ein ungewöhnliches Trio in einer witzigen Tiergeschichte Ein Bilderbuch ab 3 Jahren, an dem auch die Vortragenden Spaß haben Streiten und Vertragen: So süß schmeckt Versöhnung Reimgeschichte mit einprägsamen Versen für die Sprachförderung in der Kita Ein Kinderbuch über Freundschaft und köstlichen Birnenkuchen Tierisch lustiges Bilderbuch: Reime rund um den Birnbaum Wenn Hund und Hase sich eine wilde Verfolgungsjagd liefern, komplett mit gegenseitigen Hänseleien, hat Langeweile keine Chance! Das Rennen um den Birnbaum nimmt ein jähes Ende, die Freundschaft der beiden tierischen Protagonisten erhält neuen Aufschwung und das Publikum kommt aus dem Staunen kaum heraus.Melanie Laibl und Hemma Bergner haben ein Kinderbuch geschaffen, an dem die ganze Familie Freude hat. Ein famoser Spaß in einprägsamen Reimen mit Illustrationen, die immer wieder zum Betrachten einladen! Hardcover32 SeitenText in GermanDon Bosco Medien, 20268.5 x 8.5 x 0.39 InchesISBN 9783693370292Children's Literature, German Books

Hase, Hund, Birnen - UND? Bilderbuch

By Lauren Simkin Berke Learn to create zines and books with this approachable guide featuring illustrated, step-by-step lessons on making many different book formats. The possibilities are endless!Channel your passions into zines, create your own notebooks and calendars, and try your hand at impressive pop-up and accordion books. This illustrated guide will empower you to share your ideas with the world in personalized, handcrafted packages. Whether you want to create a poetry chapbook, an illustrated ode to the people on your commute, or a map of your dreams, this book will help you leap from an idea to a physical object. You’ll learn the lingo and where to find materials, but most importantly, you’ll be ready to experiment and have fun. If you’re an artist seeking a new medium or are just beginning your creative journey, this book welcomes you to level up your DIY, join a community of makers and thinkers, and discover the power of zines and handbound books. Start now and watch your creative confidence grow and thrive.ZINES ARE BACK: Join the zine renaissance! Discover how to bring your passion to life through this amazing DIY art form that offers endless possibilities for creating and sharing. All you need is paper, scissors, glue, and this handbook to set your creativity in motion. STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Educator and artist Lauren Simkin Berke walks you through each handmade book and zine format in straightforward tutorials. This book is perfect for all abilities and experience levels. WIDE VARIETY OF FORMATS: From beautiful Coptic binding to zines made from a single sheet of printer paper, this book has all your needs covered. You'll soon have a flexible repertoire of skills to bring your ideas to life! Paperback 184 pages Chronicle Books, 2026 7.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inchesISBN 9781797238753Applied Arts, Graphic Design

Zine Making and Bookbinding: A Beginner's Guide in 25 Projects

By Phaidon Editors Introduction by Rebecca Morrill ‘Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting started.’ – New Yorker ‘The headline grabber of 2019 was Phaidon's Great Women Artists.’ – British Vogue ‘[We] believe every damn day is worthy of celebrating great women, and Great Women Artists makes it easy ... If only all our college art history textbooks were this much fun.’ – Interview Magazine ‘Phaidon [is] helping to redress the balance with this encyclopaedic volume that examines 500 years of great art by great women artists... no self respecting art lover should be without a copy.’ – Culture Whisper Celebrate five centuries of female creativity with this groundbreaking survey of women artists Great Women Artists is the most extensive illustrated survey on women artists ever published. Now available in a sleek compact format, this essential volume reflects an era where art made by women is more visible than ever. Organized alphabetically, the book features more than 400 artists from 50 countries around the world, representing each with a beautifully reproduced full-page artwork and a short illuminating text about its creator. Readers will find works by iconic and influential artists, such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Agnes Martin, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, and Cindy Sherman, as well as lesser-known names equally deserving of attention. Inspiring, impressive, and expansive in scope, Great Women Artists reveals a parallel yet equally engaging history of art for an age that champions a greater diversity of voices. Introductory essay by Rebecca Morrill Artist texts by James Cahill, Louisa Elderton, Elizabeth Fullerton, Orit Gat, Ferren Gipson, PL Henderson, Katy Hessel, Catalina Imizcoz, Louisa Lee, Henry Little, Helen Luckett, Kathleen Madden, Henry Martin, Tom Melick, Rebecca Morrill, Yates Norton, Cleo Roberts, Matthew Price, Gabrielle Schwartz, Robert Shane, Mitch Speed, David Trigg, and Ellen Mara De Wachter Hardcover460 pagesPhaidon Press, 20267.5 x 6.6 x 1.4 inchesISBN 9781837291434Movements, Art History

Great Women Artists: Compact Format

By Stefan ZweigTranslated from the German by Alexander Starritt In Zweig’s classic novella, an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of Nazi persecution, madness, and obsession. “Perhaps the best chess story ever written.” —Economist A Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the final work completed by the bestselling author of his day. Sent off to his publisher just days before his suicide in 1942, A Chess Story is also the only work where Zweig engages directly with Nazism; he brings all his signature psychological insight and compassion to the tale—but it is also suffused with the darkness of wartime. Stark, intense, and overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster’s examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win. Chess champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by his torturers—but also by the games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay? Brought vividly to life in a fresh translation by award-winning author Alexander Starritt, this is one of the finest novellas by a master of the form, entirely deserving of its classic status. Also available in German. Paperback112 pagesPushkin Press Classics, 2026Originally published in 19424.39 x 0.38 x 6.98 inchesISBN 9781805332411Literature, Novella

A Chess Story

By Julia Dijkstra European Realities at Museum More showcases 70 interwar European works, from Otto Dix to lesser-known artists, examining the city, labor, and rising political ideologies. Following the major exhibition European Realities in Chemnitz, Museum More will present a focused selection of approximately 70 works from this international project, opening on 10 October 2025. The exhibition explores how artists across Europe responded to the turbulent interwar years through diverse Realist styles. Featuring renowned names like Otto Dix and Pablo Picasso alongside lesser-known artists from Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe, the show reflects themes such as the modern city, labor, gender roles, and rising political ideologies. European Realities at Museum More sheds new light on a lesser-known chapter of European art history and highlights the shared yet varied responses to societal change during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated English-language catalogue, offering insights into both Dutch and broader European perspectives on Realism. This exhibition is a collaboration with Museum Gunzenhauser and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Paperback128 pagesText in English and DutchWaanders, 20268.66 x 0.6 x 10.63 inchesISBN 9789462626652European Art, Realism

European Realities | Schilderkunst Painting 1919-1939

Available for pre-order. By Karolina Stefanski Tafelsilber wird seit Jahrhunderten mit Macht, Tradition und Zeremonie verbunden. Zu Beginn des 19.Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich verstärkt seine Vormachtstellung zur Repräsentation des Staates. Dynamische Veränderungen in Gesellschaft, Technik und Kommunikation kennzeichnen den Zeitraum von 1797, dem Entstehungsjahr des Empire in Paris, und 1848, dem Jahr der bürgerlich-revolutionären Erhebungen in Europa. In dieser Zeit nahmen drei ostmitteleuropäische Hauptproduktionszentren des Tafelsilbers – Berlin, Warschau und Wien – an der Mobilität und der Verbreitung von Kulturgütern und somit am Warenaustausch des von Napoleon in Auftrag gegebenen Empire-Stils teil. Paris war dabei Zentrum. Berlin, Warschau und Wien an der Peripherie nahmen bestimmte Impulse des Empire-Stils auf. Die daraus resultierenden transkulturellen Vernetzungen und Verflechtungen führten zu neuen Hybridobjekten. So bildeten sich Identitäten, die vielfältigen und internationalen Einflüssen unterlagen. Hardcover384 SeitenSandstein Kultur, 2026Text in German30 × 24 cmISBN 9783954988747Silver, Applied Arts

Transformation des Empire-Stils im Tafelsilber aus Berlin, Warschau und Wien 1797 bis 1848

By Thomas MeyerTranslated from the German by Shelley Frisch “Thomas Meyer, the general editor of a German edition of Hannah Arendt’s works, has written a biography of his subject that rests on extensive archival work. Splendidly translated by Shelley Frisch, the book offers us a complex picture of this political philosopher that contributes richly to our knowledge of Arendt’s life. In particular, Meyer offers new and important details about her years in France after her escape from Berlin in 1933 and her arrival in the United States in 1941. No person interested in Arendt’s work should miss this book.” —Liliane Weissberg, editor of the critical edition of Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess by Hannah Arendt The definitive, long-awaited, and revelatory intellectual biography of Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly discovered archival materials and previously overlooked documents—from both Germany, where Hannah Arendt was born to a Jewish family in 1906, and the United States, where she was a citizen from 1950—Thomas Meyer tells the story of an intellectual icon whose character and ideas continue to captivate and challenge us to this day. Tracing anew Arendt’s journey from Königsberg to Paris, where she fled after being imprisoned in 1933, and finally to New York in 1941, Meyer illuminates her formative years and the development of her radical and brilliant books, as well as her lifelong philosophical debate with Martin Heidegger, whose Nazism was a permanent challenge for her. Meyer’s account centers on two pivotal phases—Arendt’s years in Paris after fleeing Nazi Germany and her time in the United States leading up to the landmark publication of The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1951—providing not only a meticulous reconstruction of her life but also a compelling invitation to rethink her legacy for our times. At a time of acute political polarization, with liberalism in crisis and urgent debates about freedom, responsibility, and truth unfolding all around, Arendt’s writings and ideas resonate more powerfully than ever. Meyer’s account of her extraordinary life is groundbreaking and sensational, not just for his illuminating and peerless research, but also for his incisive exploration of what Arendt’s work has meant over the decades—and continues to mean for us today. Hardcover560 pagesPenguin Press, 20266.43 x 1.68 x 9.52 inchesISBN 9781984878434Biography, Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind

By James A. van Dyke “Van Dyke is undoubtedly one of the foremost experts on the art world of the Weimar Republic. In his groundbreaking new study, he focuses on Otto Dix, one of the leading―and perhaps the most radical―painters of the era. In a paradigmatic way, the author demonstrates what a ‘leftist,’ critical art history can be today and how necessary it is. Detailed description, the ‘material turn,’ and the socio-historical analysis of the artistic field complement and illuminate one another. Van Dyke’s keen eye for detail leads to a fundamental reexamination of Otto Dix’s art in general.” —Olaf Peters, Martin-Luther University, Halle-WittenbergHow small details in the paintings of Otto Dix materialize the realities of a modern German artist.Offering a fresh look at German art during a period of extraordinary transition and precarity, James A. van Dyke focuses on overlooked but critically significant details in works completed by Otto Dix between 1919 and 1936. A small lump of paint, a monogram, an almost invisible self-portrait, the verso of a drawing, a patch of discoloration, and a web of fine cracks—van Dyke reveals such details, hidden in plain sight, as coded dialogue through which Dix addressed audiences and art-world insiders amid the combative world of cultural production in Weimar Germany. Sly, cutting, and provocative, these are the material traces of social relationships between the painter and those who represented threats to his professional ambition: an avant-garde mentor and rival, an increasingly skeptical critic, a prominent bourgeois photographer, and a local Nazi authority.Proving that small things offer insight into the big picture, this book highlights Dix’s satirical, transgressive work as nuanced and polyvocal, reflecting the complex fields of power and economics in which the field of art is located.Hardcover296 pages |12 color plates and 120 halftonesUniversity of Chicago Press, 20267 x 10 .9 inchesISBN 9780226848549Monograph, German Art History

Otto Dix in Detail: Painting and Precarity in the Field of Weimar Culture

By Barbara Hess, Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy,Karin H. Grimme, Klaus Honnef, and Norbert Wolf “This comprehensive overview incorporates an impressive range of reproductions.”-The Independent Explore five movements that revolutionized art: Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. From Monet’s shimmering water lilies and the wild dreams of Dalí to Lichtenstein’s high-impact comic-book aesthetics, this collection unpacks the rebellious ideas and works that reframed how the world views art itself. A comprehensive volume covering five seminal genres that shaped art, from the late 19th century and well into the 20th: Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Each approach was distinct in aesthetic and philosophy, but all had immediate impact and enduring influence. Many great names were indelibly associated with one, some explored several during their careers. Impressionism, led by Monet and Renoir, focused on light and color, capturing fleeting moments and challenging academic art's rigidity. Expressionism was driven by artists like Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky to convey raw emotion, distorting reality to reflect the angst of human experience. Surrealists, like Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, explored the subconscious, dreams, and the irrational, blending reality with fantasy across art, literature, and film. With Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko leading the charge, Abstract Expressionism emphasized spontaneity and emotion through bold, gestural brushstrokes, and established New York as the post-war art world’s new Mecca. Finally, artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol gained fame and dominated the zeitgeist by synthesizing advertising, pop culture, and high art into Pop Art. Though diverse, these movements collectively pushed the boundaries of creativity, redefined artistic expression, and altered the trajectory of contemporary art. This lavish edition celebrates their stories, featuring more than 250 high-quality reproductions and texts, exploring how each movement's ideas and innovations transformed art forever. Hardcover504 pagesTaschen, 20266.7 x 1.5 x 9.5 inchesISBN 9783754401453Movements, Expressonism

Art for All: Art History

By Michael Kerrigan A sumptuously illustrated exploration of beloved Art Nouveau artist Gustav Klimt and the wider work of his fellow Vienna Secessionists and their influences. An illuminating feast for the eyes. Gustav Klimt is renowned as a quintessential artist of the art nouveau movement, but he was one of a number of Viennese artists who strove to break free of the constraints of the late 19th Century academic art establishment. The Secessionists were united, not in the style of their work, but their desire for freedom, so although there are echoes of similarity in the work of Klimt, Schiele, Kolomon Moser and the many other fine artists, their distinction lies in their magnificent difference. This new illustrated book focuses on the rich diversity of the movement and offers a sumptuous gift of colour and glamour for every art lover. Hardcover192 pagesFlame Tree Illustrated, 202611 x 0.9 x 11.38 inchesISBN 9781835628010Gustav Klimt, Monographs

Gustav Klimt: Masterworks

By Thomas Mann Edited by Ritchie RobertsonTranslated by Simon Pare 'Hans Castorp filled his lungs with the pure mountain air--this fresh, light atmosphere that was so easy to inhale and held no scent of moisture, no content, no memories...' Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain (1924) is a social comedy with tragic overtones, providing a portrait of Europe in the first decades of the twentieth century. The novel recounts how an apparently simple North German engineer, Hans Castorp, comes to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, intending to visit his sick cousin, and ends up staying for seven years. He matures intellectually and emotionally, encountering love and death amid a cast of vivid characters who are portrayed with Dickensian humour and sophisticated irony, until he is jerked out of his torpor by the outbreak of the First World War. This translation is accompanied by an accessible introduction by Ritchie Robertson, and detailed notes explaining the many cultural and historical references in the text. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Paperback 798 pages Oxford University Press, 20265.12 x 1.58 x 7.87 inches ISBN 9780198889175Literature

The Magic Mountain (Oxford World's Classics)

By Camille de Peretti Translated by Hildegarde Serle “A masterful fresco where family secrets, dazzling successes, thwarted loves, disappearances, and resounding dramas intertwine.”—MademoiselleLit “Poetic and mesmerizing!”—Grazia “A masterful family saga with love, family secrets, drama, and betrayal. A story that takes the reader from Vienna to New York, via Italy, from 1910 to the 1980s.”—Le Parisien “Through this great adventure novel, Camille de Peretti masterfully traverses eras and cities and constructs a story full of fury and emotion.”—Femme Actuelle A saga inspired by the incredible but true story of the iconic Klimt painting Painted in Vienna in 1910, Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady” was purchased by an anonymous collector in 1916, retouched by the master a year later, then stolen in 1997 before reappearing in the gardens of an Italian modern art museum in 2019. No art experts, museum curators, or police investigators know the identity of the young woman in the painting, nor the mysteries that surround the turbulent history of her portrait. From the streets of Vienna in 1900 to Texas in the 1980s, and from Manhattan during the Great Depression to contemporary Italy, de Peretti imagines the destiny of this young woman as well as that of her descendants, and creates a masterful fresco that intertwines family secrets, disappearances, and thwarted loves. Paperback288 pagesEuropa Editions, 20265.2 x 8.2 inchesISBN 9798889661788Literature, Historical Fiction

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

By Marlen HaushoferTranslated by Shaun Whiteside "Effortlessly poignant. Haushofer's prose is like clear lake water: clean, crisp, seemingly simple yet with surprising depths. This novella's translation from German to English was worth the 75-year wait." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Finally available to English-language readers thanks to Shaun Whiteside’s precise translation… Haushofer inserts sharp observations about religion, gender inequity, overwhelming grief, and looming dangers. Haushofer expertly, poignantly unearths life beneath the surface." —Terry Hong, Booklist "A dreamy novella... In The Fifth Year, childhood bliss is edged with intimations of sorrow. Marili's is an honest sadness, slightly comic, but admirable in its intensity." —Becca Rothfeld, London Review of BooksA haunting story of a childhood in the Austrian countryside from the author of The Wall The Fifth Year follows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents’ farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili’s parents have died in the war, and she is left to discover—with curiosity, wonder, and fear—the beauty and darkness of a quiet pastoral life. Sinister elements lurk beneath the surface of The Fifth Year, in Marili’s dreams and fantasies, and this deceptively simple tale of childhood, told in effervescent and evocative prose, bubbles to life in Marlen Haushofer’s inimitably alarming style. Paperback80 pagesNew Directions, 20267.25 x 4.5 x 0.25 inches ISBN 9780811239981Fiction, Novella

The Fifth Year

By Max Frisch Translated by Geoffery Skelton "Do you consider yourself a good friend? Are you a friend to yourself?" Between these two inquiries lie 23 questions on the subject of friendship. Max Frisch’s famous questionnaires originate from his Diary 1966–1971, and each of the ten questionnaires focuses on a specific theme: marriage, women, humor, money, friendship, fatherhood, homeland, property, and nothing less than the survival of the human race. The answers are left to the reader’s imagination—an irresistible reading experience. Hardcover81 pagesInsel-Bucherei, 20177.25 x 4.75 x 0.25ISBN 9783458194354Literature

Questionnaire

By Wolfgang KoeppenTranslated from German by Michael Hofmann "Wolfgang Koeppen, a remorselessly brilliant German writer of the 20th century, has long remained scandalously obscure in the Anglophone world. His reputation can finally begin to flower with Michael Hofmann’s fine translation of Pigeons on the Grass, an acute and disquietingly contemporary novel about a society disfigured by racism and historical amnesia." —Pankaj Mishra Wolfgang Koeppen’s postwar masterpiece in a luminous new translation by the poet Michael Hofmann Pigeons on the Grass is told over a single day in Munich in 1948. The first new cinemas and insurance offices are opening atop the ruins, Korea and Persia are keeping the world in panic, planes rumble in the sky (but no one looks up), newspaper headlines announce war over oil and atomic bomb tests. Odysseus Cotton, a black man, alights at the station and hires a porter; Emilia sells the last of her jewelry; Philipp gives himself up to despair; with their interracial love affair, Carla Behrend and Washington Price scandalize their neighbors—who still expect gifts of chocolate and coffee; a boy hustles to sell a stray dog; Mr. Edwin, a visiting poet, prepares for a reading; Frau Behrend disowns her daughter; Alexander stars as the Archduke in a new German Super-production; and Susanne seeks out a night to remember. In Michael Hofmann’s words, “in their sum, they are the totality of existence.” Koeppen spares no one and sees all in this penetrating and intense novel that surveys those who remain, and those who have just arrived, in a damaged society. As inventive as Joyce and as compulsively readable as Dickens, Pigeons on the Grass is a great lost classic.Paperback208 pagesNew Directions, 20205 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9780811229180Fiction

Pigeons on the Grass

By Wolfgang KoeppenTranslated by Michael HofmannWith a contribution by Joshua Cohen "A triumph, a gem of postwar German literature that has remained obscure in the Anglophone world for too long... Ribald, irreverent, cutting, rhapsodic, and ultimately devastating portraits of German amnesia and hypocrisy." —Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker "The reader closes Death in Rome not knowing whether he has just witnessed a murder or the creation of a masterpiece. The answer is: both" —The New York Times "In a brilliant translation of this great German novel, Michael Hofmann has illuminated a dark corner of recent European history. A forgotten masterpiece." —The Evening Standard On the anniversary of Wolfgang Koeppen’s 120th year, the two remaining works in his postwar trilogy, now available again in Michael Hofmann’s spectacular translation. Death in Rome tells the story of four members of a German family—a former SS officer, a young man preparing for the priesthood, a composer, and a government administrator—reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of postwar Rome. A chilling account of Nazis after the war, here the older generation is resentful but not repentant. From the old unreconstructed Nazi officer Judejahn (the name has a suggestion of “Jew hunter”) to the young and apparently gay priest, from the supposedly reformed Mayor to the acclaimed but haunted young composer Siegfried, no clear hope emerges. And amid haunting flashbacks and against the shadows of Rome with its imperial echoes, the darkness is alive. Brace yourself: the novel takes place over a two-day period, mostly at night, and it's certain that the present will be governed by the past, if you let it. In Death in Rome, Koeppen amply demonstrates that evil doesn't simply cease once it loses a war—it seeps out, hungry to exist in other forms. And as Siegfried confesses: “In my daydreams and nightmares I see the Browns and the nationalist idiocy on the march again.” Death in Rome—following Pigeons on the Grass and The Hothouse— blazingly concludes Koeppen’s masterful trilogy. Paperback224 pagesNew Directions, 2026Originally published in 19545 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9780811240024Fiction

Death in Rome

By E.T.A HoffmannTranslated by J.T. Bealby, Thomas Carlyle "The godfather of modern horror and fantasy… Hoffmann’s true sorcery is his ability to transfer his characters’ private experiences into the reader. His stories teach us to respect the uncanny depths inside of any “ordinary” human being." —New York Review of Books "Hoffman was the true inventor … of so much that makes literature pleasurable." —Gilbert Adair Three uncanny tales from a master of macabre fantasy whose work inspired Kafka and Poe. This collection of three uncanny tales highlights the best of a 19th-century German author who is seen by many as the father of modern sci-fi and fantasy. In “The Sandman”, young Nathanael grows up terrified of a legendary figure who will steal his eyes if he’s caught out of bed at night – but it’s only when Nathanael has grown to adulthood, seemingly settled and happy, that the full, terrifying truth unfolds. A living doll, a series of doppelgangers, and the seeds of madness combine in this classic story of self-destruction. “The Cremona Violin” also deals with obsession and thwarted desire, this time between an overbearing father and a musically talented daughter who may die of heart failure if she unleashes the full power of her extraordinary voice. Suppressed passion and possessive control prove a fatal mix in this powerful and claustrophobic story. “The Golden Pot”, meanwhile, is a novella-length tale which Hoffmann believed was his masterpiece. Disturbing, exciting and dream-like, it introduces us to the bumbling Anselmus, whose romantic tribulations are complicated by a witch’s curse and the fact that he’s in love with a girl who also happens to be a snake. Influential in the worlds of both literature and music during his lifetime, Hoffmann’s doppelgangers, unattainable love objects and sinister puppet masters have lived on, becoming key figures in the modern imagination. Paperback 208 pagesPushkin Press, 20265.02 x 0.64 x 7.77 inchesISBN 9781805680666Literature

The Sandman and Other Weird Tales

By Robert SeethalerTranslated by Charlotte Collins "A gem of a novella"—Financial Times "A luminous imagining of a great musician's inner struggles."—Kirkus Review An intimate portrait of genius, love, and betrayal at the end of Gustav Mahler’s life. In the spring of 1911, Gustav Mahler—wrapped in a wool blanket—sits on the deck of the Amerika, sailing back to Europe. The ocean around him is gray and endless, the air sharp with wind and steel. Not yet fifty, Mahler is already a legend: in Vienna and New York, audiences fight for tickets to see the restless, small man who commands the most stubborn orchestra in the world. Yet his fame is shadowed by illness. His body is failing, his wife Alma has fallen in love with another man: the young architect Walter Gropius. Mahler has begged, humiliated himself, tried everything to keep her. Nothing worked, except the certainty of his approaching death. Alma has stayed, tending to him with care, perhaps to ease his final passage. On board, Mahler reflects on life, art, and above all, love. Finalist for the Deutscher Buchpreis and one of the most acclaimed German novels of recent years, Robert Seethaler’s The Last Movement is a haunting, tender portrait of a great artist confronting his farewell to life. Hardcover112 pagesEuropa Editions, 20265.1 x 2 x 7 inchesISBN 9798889661801Historical Fiction, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler

The Last Movement

By Anna SeghersTranslated by Lucy Jones “Anna Seghers was an admirable woman in many ways, but above all she was a remarkable humanist: she became a model of cultural resistance and ideological struggle who cut across borders, and who, still today, thanks to her work, transcends time and lives on in our memory. Anna Seghers’ novels don’t only recount stories of terror, escape, and oppression; they are a call to compassion and solidarity.” —Fernanda Melchor “Like Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and more recently Nadine Gordimer, Seghers was an epic writer who wrote against the grain of those in power. Her works evoke the spirit of her time in ways that most histories and documentaries cannot. Anyone who wants to know how people seeking justice can face adversity and still retain hope should read her books.” —Helen Fehervary, Jacobin “In this masterful novel, Anna Seghers examines how the private decisions of numerous individuals lead to fatal political consequences. She is that rare author whose books never age.” —Jenny Erpenbeck A chilling narrative about early Nazism in Germany through the eyes of a wrongfully accused young man, this 1930s novel provides a prescient look at the ways ordinary people are seduced by fascism, to the point of betraying their neighbors. It’s the summer of 1932, and Johann Schulz is accused of killing a police officer during a demonstration. Wanted for murder, Schulz leaves the city to seek shelter with his relatives in a small village on the Rhine. But the Nazis are beginning to recruit there, and it’s only a matter of time before the price on his head is too great a temptation for the villagers. Blood Money, a novel of suspense and political upheaval, tracks the nascent rise of the Hitler movement in a German village: the old farmers disinterested, then capitulating; the young entranced by the promise of action and the rare chance at advancement. Anna Seghers began writing Blood Money in 1932 and completed it in exile a year later, after she was blacklisted in Germany and forced to leave. In this prescient novel, Seghers’s dispassionate realism opens our eyes to the massive dimensions of the impending political and moral collapse. Paperback168 pagesNYRB Classics, 2026Originally written in 1932-19335 x 8 x 0.5 inchesISBN 9798896230489Fiction

Blood Money

By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill Edited by Anja Hartl Translated by John Willett, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Ralph Manheim One of Bertolt Brecht's best-loved and most performed plays, The Threepenny Opera was first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin (now the home of the Berliner Ensemble). Based on the eighteenth-century The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, the play is a satire on the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. With Kurt Weill's music, which was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce the jazz idiom into the theatre, it became a popular hit throughout the western world. This new edition is published here in John Willett and Ralph Manhein's classic translation with commentary and notes by Anja Hartl. Paperback152 pagesMethuen Drama, 2022Originally published in 19285.08 x 0.35 x 7.8 inchesISBN 9781350205284German Dramas & Plays, Theatre

The Threepenny Opera

By Daniel KehlmannTranslated by Ross Benjamin SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NYPL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Nothing short of brilliant.” —The Wall Street Journal From “a surpassingly gifted storyteller” (The New York Times), a visionary novel inspired by the life of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to return to his homeland to create propaganda films for the German Reich. An artist’s life, a pact with the devil, and the dangerous illusions of the silver screen. G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels—the minister of propaganda in Berlin—sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels’s thinly veiled order. While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement. Kehlmann’s latest oeuvre explores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator. Paperback352 pagesS&S/Summit Books, 20265.5 x 0.9 x 8.38 inchesISBN 9781668087800 Historical Fiction, Cinema

The Director [Paperback]

By Theodor FontaneTranslated by Peter James Bowman PERFECT FOR FANS OF JANE AUSTEN: A seamstress and cavalry officer fall in love across class divides in this “sparkling, tender, delicately ironic” portrait of 19th-century Berlin (New York Review of Books). “A joy for its humanity, subtlety and visual immediacy.”—Independent From Germany’s greatest 19th-century novelist, this realist masterpiece interrogates the strict social codes of a rapidly changing era through a wistful struggle between love and obligation. Lene is an orphaned seamstress; Botho is a nobleman and an officer in one of the Prussian army’s most glittering regiments. But despite their differences of class and education, they fall quickly in love, spending a summer together in a clear-eyed, tender love affair before society’s demands force them cruelly apart. Now married to a wealthy cousin, Botho learns years later that Lene too has an opportunity to marry. Her ex-lover must choose between holding on to regret or letting go of the past – along with the possibility of getting Lene herself back. Unusually progressive for literature of the period, this masterwork of Fontane’s portrays a love story that defies class boundaries, full of tender irony and vivid evocations of a quickly expanding Berlin and its bucolic surroundings. Fontane bring sharp psychological insight to his achingly sympathetic portrayal of two lovers torn between their hearts and the obligations of social circumstance. Paperback 208 pages Pushkin Press Classics, 20265.08 x 7.76 inchesISBN 9781805331612Literature

On Tangled Paths

By Rainer Maria RilkeTranslated from the German by Edward Snow “The most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators.” —Michael Dirda, Washington Post A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry. Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision—where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness, and exaltation in his search for meaning. In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems. Paperback368 pagesText in German and EnglishW.W. Norton, 2026Originally published in 19055.5 x 8.3 inchesISBN 9781324123460Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke

The Book of Hours

By Bernadette Wörndl The coffee houses in early 20th-century Vienna were the second living room for artists, intellectuals, and dessert lovers of all kinds. This was a place to relax; discuss; and, above all, indulge! Amid this sophisticated atmosphere, confectioner Therese Schulz pampered guests of the former Vienna Grand Hotel with her sweet craftsmanship—and meticulously documented her recipes. One hundred years later, family members rediscovered these records in the attic and entrusted them to the expert hands of recipe developer Bernadette Wörndl, who brings these recipes to life on the page today. The result is this unique baking book, with over 75 divine confectionery recipes. From Viennese classics like Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescent cookies) and Sachertorte (rich chocolate cake) to nostalgic delicacies like marmalade Swiss rolls or a strawberry cream torte, this book will delight lovers of Austrian sweets and pastries. With a mix of atmospheric recipe pictures, excerpts from Therese’s original recipe book, and nostalgic historic photography, The Viennese Bakery is a delicious, inspiring, and enticing culinary flight of fancy. Hardcover224 pagesDK, 20267.5 x 9.8 inchesISBN 9798217305797Cookbooks, Viennese Baking

Viennese Bakery: Classic Desserts from Vienna's Café Culture

Edited by Markus Winter and Don Freeman Berlin Deko surveys early 20th-century German furniture design, highlighting diverse styles, key figures, and Berlin’s role as a creative hub between 1910 and 1930. Berlin Deko is the first comprehensive English survey of early twentieth-century German and Central European furniture design to move beyond the notion of a linear development of styles between Jugendstil and Bauhaus. It explores the period between 1910 and 1930, revealing a diverse continuum of styles, including the overlooked “Expressionist Rococo” that flourished in Berlin. The book highlights Berlin’s role as a center for furniture and interior design that attracted international artists. Key figures such as Leo Nachtlicht, Oskar Kaufmann, Bruno Paul, Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, Paul Thiersch, Emil Fahrenkamp, Eduard Pfeiffer, and Lajos Kozma played important roles. Berlin Deko re-examines and celebrates Berlin’s legacy as a creative center, revealing a richer, more nuanced narrative of German design history. One that celebrates diversity, individual expression, and the enduring influence of Berlin as a creative hub. Hardcover160 pagesArnoldsche Art Publishers, 20258.5 x 0.8 x 11.02 inchesISBN 9783897907416Interiors, Furniture Design

Berlin Deko: Central European Furniture from 1910 to 1930

von Alexander Lernet-Holenia mit einem Nachwort von Wynfrid Kriegleder Der vornehme Gentleman und Aristokrat Alexander Jessiersky, der ein prächtiges Stadtpalais im Wiener Ersten Bezirk bewohnt, geht als Profiteur und Kriegsgewinnler aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hervor. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht so einfach begraben. Jessiersky trägt die Schuld für die Deportation eines Grafen Luna ins Konzentrationslager. Ist es dieser totgeglaubte Graf, den er plötzlich im Nebel sichtet und der nun Rache an ihm und seiner Familie nehmen will? Getrieben von Schuldgefühlen und zunehmend ins Paranoide übergreifender Angst, gerät er immer tiefer in den Bann der rätselhaften Gestalt und dessen Familiengeschichte. Der Graf Luna verfolgt ihn gleich einem Dämon durch das flackernde Wien der Nachkriegszeit, taucht an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten auf und raubt ihm jeden Seelenfrieden. Eine Entscheidung muss getroffen werden... "Der Graf Luna", der 1955 erstmals bei Zsolnay erschien und seitdem in Vergessenheit geriet, ist ein Roman voll phantastischer Atmosphäre, psychologischer Spannung und stilistischer Eleganz. Im literarischen Spiel mit Motiven wie Schein und Wahrheit, Schuld und Verantwortung arbeitet Lernet-Holenia die Erfahrung des Nationalsozialismus in Österreich und die Verstrickung Einzelner darin auf eindrucksvolle Weise auf. Im Verlag Das vergessene Buch wollen wir damit die Wiederentdeckung eines der wichtigsten österreichischen Erzähler des 20. Jahrhunderts zum 50. Todestag Lernet-Holenias einläuten.Also available in English. Hardcover 288 SeitenText in GermanDas Vergessene Buch, 2026Originally publish in 19557.48 x 4.72 x 0.94 inches ISBN 9783903244481Crime Fiction

Der Graf Luna

Von Ruth Rehmann Herausgegeben von Werner Jung »Illusionen erzählt die konkreten Arbeitsverhältnisse im Nachkriegswirtschaftswunder der Fünfzigerjahre mit und schildert insbesondere weibliche Berufstätigkeit zu dieser Zeit. Damit steht der Roman inhaltlich in der Tradition der Neuen Sachlichkeit der Weimarer Republik [...].« —Nicole Seifert, 54books »Das ist ein tolles Stück Literatur, die Sprache ist ganz besonders, die Perspektive auch.« —Nina Wehner, Berliner Zeitung Im verglasten Großraumbüro im 13. Stock eines großen Konzerns beginnt Samstagmittag das Wochenende. Und mit ihm eröffnet sich ein Panorama an Abenteuern und Enttäuschungen, Träumen und Illusionen. In ihrem 1959 erstmals veröffentlichten Roman erzählt Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016) vom Arbeitsalltag und den Wochenendvergnügungen dreier Frauen und eines Mannes und gewährt Einblick in deren verwirrende, faszinierende oder beschämende Vergangenheit und Gegenwart – bis zur Rückkehr in den 13. Stock am Montagmorgen. 1958 las Ruth Rehmann das Kapitel »Das erste Kleid« auf der Tagung der Gruppe 47 in Großholzleute. Bei der Abstimmung über den Preis der Gruppe unterlag sie schließlich jedoch Günter Grass. Im selben Jahr, in dem Grass’ »Blechtrommel« oder Bölls »Billard um halb zehn« erschienen, lässt Rehmanns Zeit- und Gesellschaftsroman ganz neue Facetten der Wirtschaftswunderzeit entdecken und beeindruckt auch heute noch durch seine Modernität. Hardcover320 seitenText in German AvivA Verlag, 20225.12 x 1.26 x 8.54 inches ISBN 9783949302046Literature

Illusionen

von Sophie Reyer Historischer Kriminalroman Der Tod geht um beim »Jedermann«: Ein Krimi aus dem Salzburg der 1930er Jahre Salzburg, 1937. Der Darsteller, der im Theaterstück »Jedermann« den Tod verkörpern sollte, ist ermordet worden – und vom Täter fehlt jede Spur. Noch dazu zeigt sich Regisseur Max Reinhardt nicht sehr kooperativ; selbst als die Zweitbesetzung ebenfalls erstochen wird, will er die Premiere nicht absagen. Im Gegenteil: Er ruft sogar seine Ex-Frau Else Heims aus Berlin nach Salzburg, um die Rolle zu übernehmen. Kommissar Breitensee versucht, aus der Not eine Tugend zu machen und Else als Köder zu benutzen – doch die hat ihren eigenen Kopf. In »Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen« wird das Leben von Else Heims, Max Reinhardts erster Frau, erstmals literarisch aufgearbeitet. Ein atmosphärischer historischer Krimi voller Spannung, Gesellschaftskritik und einer Prise Witz – perfekt für Fans des Genres. Paperback 240 SeitenText in GermanErscheinungsdatum, 20257.5 x 4.5 x 1 inches ISBN 9783740825850 Historical Fiction, Crime Fiction

Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen: Historischer Kriminalroman

Von Jan Jekal Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades oder Beverly Hills – das sind die klingenden Namen des kalifornischen Idylls, in dem sie Zuflucht gefunden haben: Filmemacher und Schauspieler, Schriftsteller und Intellektuelle, die in den 1930er- und 1940er-Jahren vor den Nazis aus Europa fliehen mussten. Sie bilden eine Solidargemeinschaft der Exilierten: Bertolt Brecht, Helene Weigel und Hanns Eisler, Billy Wilder und Vicki Baum, Fritz Lang und William Wyler, Thomas und Heinrich Mann. Wer in Berlin, Wien oder Prag einen Namen hatte, folgte dem Ruf der boomenden Filmindustrie Hollywoods. Doch dieses romantische »Weimar am Pazifik« ist nicht die ganze Geschichte: Noch während sie im beginnenden Krieg ihren mal militärischen, mal moralischen Beitrag aufseiten der Allierten leisten, werden die Geflüchteten zu Verdächtigen. Eben noch als noble Nazi-Gegner gefeiert, wird jetzt ihr Müll vom FBI durchsucht – der »red scare« und der McCarthyismus machen aus Freigeistern und Linksliberalen feindliche »Kommunisten«. Das Land, das Zuflucht war, wandelt sich zum Ort der Repression und Verfolgung. Fesselnd und stimmungsvoll, anhand bisher unveröffentlichter Dokumente aus Archiven in Los Angeles zeichnet Jan Jekal nach, wie sich die Exilierten gegen das autoritäre Amerika wehrten – mit Aktivismus, Witz, Courage und mit Filmen, die zu Klassikern geworden sind –, aber auch, wie einige von ihnen an Amerika verzweifelten. Hardcover380 SeitenText in GermanMatthes & Seitz Verlag, 20268.7 x 5.6 x 1.5 inchesISBN 9783751821032Non-Fiction, Film History

Paranoia In Hollywood

Von Thérèse Lambert Eine unvergleichliche Amour fou: Alma Mahler und Walter Gropius. Östereich, 1910: Alma ist mit Gustav Mahler verheiratet, der ihr untersagt, selbst zu komponieren. Als sie den jungen Architekten Walter Gropius kennenlernt, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Mit Mahlers Tod scheint der Weg frei für sie, doch Eifersucht und überschäumende Leidenschaft verhindern, dass sie zueinander finden – bis Gropius schwer verletzt aus dem Krieg zurückkehrt. Sie heiraten, und Gropius findet in Alma eine brillante Muse und Unterstützerin in seiner Entwicklung zu einem der großen Architekten der Moderne; sie hofft, bei ihm endlich emotionale Geborgenheit zu finden. Aber dann muss Gropius zurück an die Front. Kann die Liebe der beiden der grausamen Schwere des Krieges standhalten? Die bewegende Liebesgeschichte der größten Femme fatale ihrer Zeit und dem Gründer des Bauhaus. Mit Franz Werfel, Oskar Kokoschka, Arnold Schönberg u. v. a. prägenden Künstlern der Moderne. Taschenbuch398 SeitenText in GermanAufbau Verlag, 20228 x 5.75 x 1.25 inchesISBN 9783746638676Literature

Alma und Gropius

Von Robert WalserNachwort von Michail Schischkin „Ich teile mit, daß ich eines schönen Vormittags, ich weiß nicht mehr genau um wieviel Uhr, da mich die Lust, einen Spaziergang zu machen, ankam, den Hut auf den Kopf setzte, das Schreib- oder Geisterzimmer verließ, die Treppe hinunterlief, um auf die Straße zu eilen.“ 1917 erschien Robert Walsers klassische Erzählung „Der Spaziergang“, ein Lob des Müßiggangs: „Die Herrlichkeit eines kostenlosen Spaziergangs am heiterhellen Werktag wird hier geradezu aufreizend gepriesen.“ (Eduard Korrodi) Christian Thanhäusers kongeniale Holzschnitte waren bereits 2014 im Kunstmuseum Bern zu sehen, nun sind sie auch in der Insel-Bücherei zu besichtigen. Hardcover116 Seiten | 16 HolzschnittenText in GermanInsel Verlag GmbH 20184.8 x 0.47 x 7.36 inchesISBN 9783458194491Literature

Der Spaziergang

Von Rainer Maria RilkeHerausgegeben von Siegfried Unseld Unter den Gedichten Rainer Maria Rilkes sind »Lieder von der vollendeten taktilen Schönheit von Früchten; Strophen, die sich als Lied im Sinn der Griechen von Hand zu Hand wie eine Schale, eine Scherbe geben lassen« (Walter Benjamin).Siegfried Unseld hat die schönsten Liebesgedichte dieses Dichters zusammengestellt. Es sind Botschaften der Liebe, dem höchsten Auftrag des Daseins folgend: Liebe leben zu lernen, sich dem Liebeserlebnis ganz »mit allen seinen voneinander kaum unterscheidbaren Entzückungen« hinzugeben. Hardcover58 SeitenText in GermanInsel, Frankfurt 19944.8 x 0.47 x 7.24 inchesISBN 9783458191506Literature

Wie soll ich meine Seele halten

von Arthur Schnitzler mit acht Zeichnungen von Egon Schiele einem Essay von Hilde Spiel Als 1926 die wohl vieldeutigste von Arthur Schnitzlers Erzählungen zum erstenmal erschien, durchlief die Wiener Gesellschaft ein Schauder. Die Gnadenlosigkeit, mit der Schnitzler darin den Seelengrund eines gesitteten Ehepaares bloßlegt, schockierte die Gemüter mehr noch, als dies sein Reigen getan hatte. Und doch ist es nicht der Blick in den Abgrund der Triebwelt, ist es nicht die Schilderung vorgestellter oder vielleicht gar gelebter Orgien, was an dieser Novelle bis heute so schockiert und fasziniert. Es sind auch nicht die Träume, die Albertine und ihr Mann Fridolin sich wechselseitig beichten. Es ist die Erkenntnis, daß kein Traum nur »völlig Traum« ist. Nicht allein Schnitzlers Ehepaar dürfte davon »erwacht« sein. Die Traumnovelle diente Stanley Kubrick zu seinem letzten Film: dem Welterfolg »Eyes Wide Shut« (1999) – als literarische Vorlage.Also available in English.Hardcover112 pages Text in GermanInsel Verlag, 2023Originally Published, 19264.72 x 0.47 x 7.24 inchesISBN 9783458192381Books in German, Novella

Traumnovelle

Von Sandra Richter and Anna Kinder »Der Dichter und seine floralen Vorlieben, kundig erklärt, liebevoll illustriert und mit klugen Analysen in Beziehung gesetzt vor allem zu seinen Gedichten. « -Tilman Krause, WELT AM SONNTAG »Einen interessanten, nicht jedem bekannten Aspekt von Rilkes Leben hat Sandra Richter in einem ... Buch beleuchtet – einem lesenswerten[:] Rilke als Gärtner.«-Dieter Kaltwasser, General Anzeiger Bonn Die erste Einführung in Rilkes Pflanzen- und Blumenkosmos mit vielen bisher unbekannten Texten und Bildern Es ist »die Liebe […,] die Blumen zwischen die Seiten« der Bücher legt, schrieb Rilke Ende November 1904 seiner Ersatzmutter, der berühmten schwedischen Pädagogin Ellen Key, und betonte weiter, dass diese »immer an dieser Stelle bleiben sollen«. Zeitlebens verzierte er seine Bücher mit solchen Zeichen der Liebe, bedichtete Blumen, die ihm als Lebens- und Liebeszeichen galten, entwickelte, pflegte und nutzte seinen eigenen Garten in Schloss Muzot, seinem letzten Lebens- und Arbeitsort. Rilkes Auseinandersetzung mit der Pflanzenwelt zeigt ihn als Gärtner im doppelten Sinne: Als botanisierenden Autor und als tatsächlichen Gärtner – als Pflanzensammler, Blumeneinkäufer, botanisch informierten Naturbeobachter und, nach Verfertigung seines großen Spätwerks, als tätigen Gärtner. Der 2022 durch das Deutsche Literaturarchiv Marbach erworbene private Nachlass Rilkes bezeugt erstmals umfassend die Blumen- und Naturbegeisterung des Autors, kenntnisreich kommentiert von Sandra Richter, Autorin der großen Rilke-Biographie im Insel Verlag, und Anna Kinder. Fester Einband110 Seiten, Mit zahlreichen AbbildungenInsel Verlag GmbH, 20257.2 x 4.8 inchesISBN 9783458195542 Literature, Books in German

Rilke als Gartner

von Rainer Maria RilkeHerausgegeben von Rainer Stamm Seit seiner Begegnung mit Paula Becker, Clara Westhoff und den Malern der Künstlerkolonie in Worpswede setzt Rainer Maria Rilke sich immer wieder intensiv mit Malerei auseinander. Auf seinen Reisen hält er fortan seine Begegnungen mit Kunstwerken aus allen Epochen in kongenialen Bildbetrachtungen fest und berichtet in Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen von seinen Entdeckungen und Seherlebnissen. Erstmals werden in diesem Band Rilkes faszinierende Bildbeschreibungen den Werken von Rembrandt, El Greco, Goya, Böcklin, van Gogh, Picasso u. a. gegenübergestellt, die Rilke auf seinen Reisen gesehen und in seine präzise Sprache übersetzt hat. Hardcover92 pagesText in GermanInsel Verlag, 20254.8 x 0.43 x 7.24 inchesISBN 9783458645047Books in German, Rainer Maria Rilke

»Im ersten Augenblick«

By Damien Lewis “Damien Lewis chronicles [Josephine Baker] with much fresh detail… What most beguiles us today is the sense that a proud revolutionary lurked beneath the winsome savage, the snowy smile. Spycraft wasn’t so much what Baker did as who she was.” ―The New Yorker “Mr. Lewis is a prolific author of wartime histories and novels… Agent Josephine is a fascinating story, thoroughly researched and richly detailed… Written in the breathless style of a thriller.” ―Wall Street Journal “Damien Lewis journeyed down the rabbit hole of arcane European archives to piece together the elusive tale of Josephine Baker’s French espionage service during World War II. The result, which evokes the sensuous glamour of Baker’s expatriate superstardom, is 400 pages of bravery and heroism that read like a spy novel you can’t put down.” ―Vanity Fair The thrilling account of how Josephine Baker, the world’s richest and most glamorous entertainer, became an Allied spy in Occupied France A Vanity Fair and The New Yorker Best Book of the Year In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers the extraordinary story of Josephine Baker’s transformation from Paris performer to dauntless spy. Throughout World War II, using her stardom as a cloak for her secret work, Baker undertook daring clandestine missions to fight the Nazis, stamping an indelible mark on history. Drawing on a plethora of new material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of the renowned performer, revealing why she fully deserves her unique place in the French Panthéon. Paperback 512 pagesPublicAffairs, 20235.45 x 1.28 x 8.25 inches ISBN 9781541700673History, Biography

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

By Linda Nochlin The fiftieth anniversary edition of the essay that is now recognized as the first major work of feminist art theory—published together with author Linda Nochlin’s reflections three decades later. Many scholars have called Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay on women artists the first real attempt at a feminist history of art. In her revolutionary essay, Nochlin refused to answer the question of why there had been no “great women artists” on its own corrupted terms, and instead, she dismantled the very concept of greatness, unraveling the basic assumptions that created the male-centric genius in art. With unparalleled insight and wit, Nochlin questioned the acceptance of a white male viewpoint in art history. And future freedom, as she saw it, requires women to leap into the unknown and risk demolishing the art world’s institutions in order to rebuild them anew. In this stand-alone anniversary edition, Nochlin’s essay is published alongside its reappraisal, “Thirty Years After.” Written in an era of thriving feminist theory, as well as queer theory, race, and postcolonial studies, “Thirty Years After” is a striking reflection on the emergence of a whole new canon. With reference to Joan Mitchell, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and many more, Nochlin diagnoses the state of women and art with unmatched precision and verve. “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” has become a slogan and rallying cry that resonates across culture and society. In the 2020s, Nochlin’s message could not be more urgent: as she put it in 2015, “There is still a long way to go.” Hardcover112 pagesThames & Hudson, 2021Originally published in 19714.7 x 7 x 2 inchesISBN 9780500023846Art Criticism, Theory

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? 50th Anniversary Edition

By Victoria Bradley and Elizabeth Currie A notable study of the major role women have played in the textile industry, illustrated with world-class twentieth-century designs from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and beyond. Women Textile Designers features printed, woven, and embroidered fabrics created for public spaces, furnishings, fashion, and theater by some of the world's most accomplished designers. Illustrated with a wealth of weaves, prints, textures, and patterns, it includes works by Arts and Crafts pioneer May Morris, Bauhaus designers Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers, mid-century designers Lucienne Day and Althea McNish, contemporary pioneers, such as Birgitta Hahn and Reiko Sudo, and many more. Chapters charting the transformation of the textile industry over the twentieth century—including women's increased access to design education and their roles as entrepreneurs and leaders—are accompanied by in-depth illustrated profiles of key designers. The book examines the creation of new products and technologies, alongside changing consumer patterns and the shifting functions of modern textiles in domestic interiors, public spaces, and transportation. This celebration of female creativity is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in design or seeking an inspirational sourcebook of modern and contemporary patterns. Hardcover272 pagesThames & Hudson, 20268.4 x 11 inchesISBN 9780500480984Textile Art, Women Artists

Women Textile Designers

By Nicholas Fox Weber The first major biography on Anni Albers traces the complex personality and influential artistic career of the groundbreaking modern artist “Brilliant anecdotes. . . . The first comprehensive biography of this fascinating artist, an indelible figure of not just textile art but modernism itself.”—Grace Edquist, Vogue “Packed with lively detail and illuminating anecdotes, Nicholas Fox Weber’s Anni Albers: A Life traces the historic sweep of the artist’s biography and career. . . . Her brilliant and independent mind, unsentimental practicality and determination, acidic zingers, and warm humor shine through in this nuanced, unvarnished portrait.”—Julie Schneider, Hyperallergic “An impressively detailed portrait. . . . An intimate study of an overlooked artist and the creative milieu from which she emerged.”—Publishers Weekly Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism. As a textile designer, weaver, writer, and graphic artist, she inspired a reconsideration of fabrics as an art form, both in their functional roles and as wall hangings, and took the processes of printmaking into uncharted territory. This intimate biography draws on personal conversations with Albers from the 1970s up until Albers’s death and on unprecedented archival research to tell a fresh and full story of Albers’s life and the development of her unique and influential artistic vision. Capturing Albers’s extraordinary perspective about the world around her, whether the milieu she was observing was the wealthy bourgeois Berlin of her childhood or the Mexican villages where she came to feel remarkably at home, Nicholas Fox Weber brings the artist’s pithy wit and imaginative mind to life. Weber presents a riveting narrative that follows Albers’s trajectory from her time at the Bauhaus and at Black Mountain College to her later years in Connecticut. He considers her complex relationship with her world-renowned husband, Josef Albers, as well as her encounters with luminaries such as John Cage, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Louise Nevelson. He also describes her torturous, late-life obsession with film star Maximilian Schell, thirty-one years her junior. Weber foregrounds Albers’s perpetual curiosity, originality, and humor, as well as her novelistic sense of the world around her. Hardcover408 pages | 64 color and 25 b&w illustrations Yale, 20266.5 x 9.5 x 1.3 inchesISBN 9780300269376Monograph, Biography

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