- Summary
- "A young painter of Jewish origins in Nazi Germany. Art as therapy to defeat depression. A unique and monumental autobiographical work consisting of paintings, scripts and musical references, in which madness and pain turn themselves into a new creativity. This is the story of Charlotte Salomon, an extraordinary artist swallowed up by the insanity of Auschwitz at the early age of 26"--Back cover
"Charlotte was a young Jewish painter with a destiny that had already marked the other women in her family, introducing her to depression and suicide. In her moments of greatest despair, Charlotte found deep inside herself, among the pain and the madness, the creative force to reinvent her life: in less than two years she created Life? or Theater?, a masterpiece of 1,300 pages where painting, writing, theater and music intersect. It's the story of her childhood and studies, of the suicides of her grandmother and mother, of her romantic relationships and of Nazism. Persecuted by the Nazis in Germany, she finds refuge in France. But after a Gestapo round-up, the death she was escaping from by using her art reaches her in the hell of Auschwitz at the early age of 26"--Cover flap
- Other Title
- Leben oder Theater.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Ferramosca, Ilaria, author.
- Published
- Rasquera, Spain : Fanfare Ponent Mon, 2020
©2020
- Locale
- Germany
France
Allemagne
- Contents
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The heritage of Charlotte, by Claudia Bourdin
Charlotte Salomon: colors of the soul
Notes on the script, by Ilaria Ferramosca
Short biography of Charlotte Salomon, by Ilaria Ferramosca.
- Other Authors/Editors
- De Francisco, Gian Marco, illustrator.
Milanesio, Noemi, translator.
Salomon, Charlotte, 1917-1943.
- Notes
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Original Italian edition, ©2019.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)
The heritage of Charlotte, by Claudia Bourdin -- Charlotte Salomon: colors of the soul -- Notes on the script, by Ilaria Ferramosca -- Short biography of Charlotte Salomon, by Ilaria Ferramosca.
In English. Translated from the Italian.
