The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will...
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Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will alter the course of his—and his family’s—history. From the small Hungarian town of Konyár to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in labor camps, The Invisible Bridge tells the story of a family shattered and remade in history’s darkest hour.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400034376 (140003437X)
ASIN: 140003437X
Publish date: 2011-01-25
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 784
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
Jewish,
France,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Hungary,
Fiction,
Historical
I really wanted to like this book, and initially, it seemed like it might be an interesting read. Unfortunately, it just didn't feel very compelling, with everything too heavily described or filled with repetitive and lengthy conversations. I just didn't really care for the characters after awhile, ...
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