Intimate Letters: Leos Janáček to Kamila Stösslová

by Leoš Janáček

Book Overview

These are the letters of a great love story. In 1917, the Czech composer Leos Jan??ek met Kamila St?sslov? while on holiday at Luha?ovice, a spa resort in Moravia. He was sixty-three and locked in a loveless marriage; she was twenty-six, the wife of an antique dealer frequently away from home. After the holiday, Jan??ek began writing to St?sslov?. Undeterred by her lack of interest in his work and her spasmodic replies, he continued to send her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691636923
• ISBN13: 9780691636924
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"