Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter by Maum, Courtney

Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

It is 1937, and Europe is on the brink of war. Hitler is circulating a most-wanted list...
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Author: Courtney Maum
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Language: English
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Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter by Maum, Courtney

Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

€32,66

Costalegre: A Novel Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and Her Daughter

€32,66
Author: Courtney Maum
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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 jungle.

The story of what happens to these artists when they reach their destination is told from the point of view of Lara, Leonora's neglected fifteen-year-old daughter. Forced from a young age to live with her mother's eccentric whims, tortured lovers, and entourage of gold-diggers, Lara suffers from emotional, educational, and geographical instability that a Mexican sojourn with surrealists isn't going to help. But when she meets the outcast Dadaist sculptor Jack Klinger, Lara thinks she might have found the understanding she so badly craves.

Heartbreaking and strange, Costalegre is inspired by the real-life relationship between the heiress Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter, Pegeen. Courtney Maum triumphs with this wildly imaginative and curiously touching story of a privileged teenager who has everything a girl could wish for--except a mother who loves her back.



Author: Courtney Maum
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 07/16/2019
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781947793361


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2019
Booklist 05/15/2019 pg. 36
Library Journal 06/01/2019 pg. 105
School Library Journal 07/17/2020 pg. 1

About the Author
Maum, Courtney: - Courtney Maum is the author of the novels Costalegre, Touch, and I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, and a guide for writers, After the Book Deal. Her writing and essays have been widely published in such outlets as The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, BuzzFeed, and Modern Loss. She lives in Norfolk, CT.

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