Rebel Angel

The Life and Times of Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Padraig Rooney

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Polity Press
01 April 2025

Biography; History

Annemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she’s been largely ignored.

Born to a wealthy family in Switzerland, as a teenager she rebelled against her domineering pro-Nazi mother. She immersed herself in the antifascist, queer and artistic circles of the German diaspora of the 1930s. Her edgy glamour and androgynous beauty turned heads in the lesbian nightclubs of Weimar Berlin, on the ski slopes of St. Moritz, and in New York's luxury hotels and jazz bars.

Constantly on the move, Annemarie chronicled the low and dishonest decade leading to war through her unique journalism, writing and photography. Her work was as adventurous and uncompromising as her personal life, and reveals a deep courage, intelligence, and ambition tragically curtailed by her untimely death.

By: Padraig Rooney
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781509566297
ISBN 10: 1509566295
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Cocoon 2. Women on the Left Bank 3. Breaking the Threads 4. Closet of Selves 5. Pilgrim Soul 6. Lavender Marriages 7. Two Women, a Ford and a Rolleiflex 8. Enemies of Promise 9. Running on Empty 10. Heart of Darkness Epilogue

Padraig Rooney is an acclaimed Irish poet and author.