The Truth about Lou: A Novel After Salomã(c) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781582434353)

From the shadows of the correspondences and the contradictions of biography, the elusive Salomé emerges in this boldly revealing fiction to tell her own story through the three major relationships of her life: at twenty-one she meets the smitten philosopher Nietzsche; at thirty-six she takes the fledgling poet Rilke as her first lover; and at fifty she wins the deep affection of Freud.

Who was she really, Lou Salomé? Willful, conniving girl, controlling femme fatale, or nurturing literary muse? Drawing on neglected historical sources and deftly weaving in the presentday character Anna Kane in pursuit of Lou, von der Lippe layers what is known about Salomé with what can only be imagined. This is a story of love's epiphanies and pain, a lost child, and the redemptive power of words.

Author: Angela Von Der Lippe
ISBN-10: 1582434352
ISBN-13: 9781582434353
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2008
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.70d