by Elizabeth Hickey · SUMA DE LETRAS · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496463226
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«El beso» is the historical novel by Elizabeth Hickey, published by Suma de Letras in hardback (294 pages, in Spanish).
Vienna, 1886: Emilie Flöge, a twelve-year-old girl, meets the painter Gustav Klimt when her parents hire him as a drawing teacher. He, leader of the Vienna Secession, introduces her to bohemia; a secret relationship develops between them that turns her into his muse, a fashion figure, and his companion through success and scandal.
The English original, titled «The Painted Kiss», was published in 2005; the Spanish translation is by Paz Pruneda González.
For readers of historical fiction and biographical fiction interested in Gustav Klimt, art, and fin-de-siècle Vienna.
