{"product_id":"the-vanished-collection-9781939931986","title":"The Vanished Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing ... The book reads like a detective story.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection. But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents' elegant Parisian apartment? The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaer de Perignon, Pauline:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePauline Baer de Perignon\u003c\/b\u003e has co-authored film scripts and directed writing workshops in Paris where she lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Vanished Collection\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLehrer, Natasha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNatasha Lehrer\u003c\/b\u003e has translated books by Georges Bataille, Robert Desnos, Victor Segalen, Chantal Thomas and the Dalai Lama. Her co-translation of Nathalie Léger's \u003ci\u003eSuite for Barbara Loden\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe-Tan, Pierre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePierre Le-Tan\u003c\/b\u003e (cover design) was an internationally renowned French artist whose whimsical and stylish works were featured on the covers of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and in many magazines including \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2019.","brand":"New Vessel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641814356242,"sku":"9781939931986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb45b37a-6c31-424c-807e-05d57a0c78a0.jpg?v=1733039846","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-vanished-collection-9781939931986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}