In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances : NPR's Book of the Day

In 'Anima Rising,' Gustav Klimt encounters a young woman under strange circumstances : NPR's Book of the Day

In 1911 Vienna, a man on his way home spots the figure of a woman at the edge of the river. She is still, beautiful and nude, framed by tendrils of yellow hair. The man is Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. So instead of calling for help, the artist takes out his sketchbook. In his new historical novel Anima Rising, Christopher Moore uses this strange encounter as the jumping off point for his story, which goes on to involve characters like Sigmund …