The Paris Architect
Charles Belfoure,Compact Disc, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Audio Publishing Group on 10-01-2013
Charles Belfoure,Compact Disc, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Audio Publishing Group on 10-01-2013
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780804190817 (080419081X)
Publish date: October 8th 2013
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
War,
Jewish,
France,
World War II,
Holocaust
After five short chapters, I made notes of what I thought would happen in this book and, no surprise, I was correct. In the author's Q&A at the end of the book, Belfoure describes his novel-writing process as being similar to an architectural project. He first devised the plot, and then he populated...
From the first word heard on this audio, I was a prisoner. I think the story held me more rapt than the reader; it moved along quickly, and totally consumed me. I never turned it off, until the end. It is about unlikely heroes, who rose above their own expectations, and it is about traitors, by desi...
From the first word heard on this audio, I was a prisoner. I think the story held me more rapt than the reader; it moved along quickly, and totally consumed me. I never turned it off, until the end. It is about unlikely heroes, who rose above their own expectations, and it is about traitors, by desi...
How do I put this one into words for my review?! It was gooooooood. A goooood novel. Not high literature, but damn it all I enjoyed it a lot. Exciting. It starts with great historical details of life in Paris during WW2, then the excitement builds and builds and builds. Parts are gruesome, but the e...
When this story begins Lucien is on his way to what he thinks will be an architecture job, one that will be prominent enough to enhance his reputation for the future. The Nazi's have taken control of Paris, Jews are being rounded up and sent to the camps, there are food shortages, ordinary Parisians...
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