2015, ISBN: 9781408700778

[PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 406 Seiten 14,1 x 3,7 x 22,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Zustand. "On honeymoon in Venice in 1… Mehr…

[PU: Little, Brown Book Group], 406 Seiten 14,1 x 3,7 x 22,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Zustand. "On honeymoon in Venice in 1929, Viktor and Liesel Landauer face a new world when they meet brilliant architect Rainer von Abt. Soon, on a hillside near a provincial Czech town, the Landauer House with its celebrated Glass Room will become von Abt's greastest work, a modernist masterpiece in glass and steel, with travertine floors and onyx walls, filled with light and optimism. But while VIktor's beautiful wife is Aryan, he is Jewish, and so when Nazi troops arrive the family must flee. Yet their exhile is nto the end of the spectacular bulding. It slips from hand to hand, from Czech to Nazi to Soviet and finally to the Czechoslovak state, the crystalline perfection of the glass room alwazys exerting a gravitational pull on those who know it. It becomes a laboratory, a shelter from teh storm of war, and a place where the broken and the ruined find some kind of comfort until, with the collapse of Communism, the Landauers can finally return to thwere their story began." ISBN 9781408700778, DE, [SC: 4.50], gebraucht; sehr gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 594g], Auflage: Digital original, Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2009, ISBN: 1408700778

[EAN: 9781408700778], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group 15.01.2009.], Jacket, 406 Seiten Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Z… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781408700778], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group 15.01.2009.], Jacket, 406 Seiten Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Zustand. "On honeymoon in Venice in 1929, Viktor and Liesel Landauer face a new world when they meet brilliant architect Rainer von Abt. Soon, on a hillside near a provincial Czech town, the Landauer House with its celebrated Glass Room will become von Abt's greastest work, a modernist masterpiece in glass and steel, with travertine floors and onyx walls, filled with light and optimism. But while VIktor's beautiful wife is Aryan, he is Jewish, and so when Nazi troops arrive the family must flee. Yet their exhile is nto the end of the spectacular bulding. It slips from hand to hand, from Czech to Nazi to Soviet and finally to the Czechoslovak state, the crystalline perfection of the glass room alwazys exerting a gravitational pull on those who know it. It becomes a laboratory, a shelter from teh storm of war, and a place where the broken and the ruined find some kind of comfort until, with the collapse of Communism, the Landauers can finally return to thwere their story began." ISBN 9781408700778 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 594 14,1 x 3,7 x 22,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe, Books<

2009, ISBN: 1408700778

[EAN: 9781408700778], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group 15.01.2009.], Jacket, 406 Seiten Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Zustand. "On… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781408700778], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group 15.01.2009.], Jacket, 406 Seiten Frische und saubere Hardcover-Kopie mit Schutzumschlag in gutem Zustand. "On honeymoon in Venice in 1929, Viktor and Liesel Landauer face a new world when they meet brilliant architect Rainer von Abt. Soon, on a hillside near a provincial Czech town, the Landauer House with its celebrated Glass Room will become von Abt's greastest work, a modernist masterpiece in glass and steel, with travertine floors and onyx walls, filled with light and optimism. But while VIktor's beautiful wife is Aryan, he is Jewish, and so when Nazi troops arrive the family must flee. Yet their exhile is nto the end of the spectacular bulding. It slips from hand to hand, from Czech to Nazi to Soviet and finally to the Czechoslovak state, the crystalline perfection of the glass room alwazys exerting a gravitational pull on those who know it. It becomes a laboratory, a shelter from teh storm of war, and a place where the broken and the ruined find some kind of comfort until, with the collapse of Communism, the Landauers can finally return to thwere their story began." ISBN 9781408700778 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 594 14,1 x 3,7 x 22,2 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe, Books<

2009, ISBN: 1408700778

[EAN: 9781408700778], Used, very good, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], SIMON MAWER THE GLASS ROOM, Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild vari… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781408700778], Used, very good, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], SIMON MAWER THE GLASS ROOM, Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House shines as a wonder of steel and glass and onyx built specially for newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Landauer, a Jew married to a gentile. But the radiant honesty of 1930 that the house, with its unique Glass Room, seems to engender quickly tarnishes as the storm clouds of WW2 gather, and eventually the family must flee, accompanied by Viktor's lover and her child. But the house's story is far from over, and as it passes from hand to hand, from Czech to Russian, both the best and the worst of the history of Eastern Europe becomes somehow embodied and perhaps emboldened within the beautiful and austere surfaces and planes so carefully designed, until events become full-circle. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<