Julie Orringer: Transatlantic, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Transatlantic
- Based on a true story, utterly gripping and heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction
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- Verlag:
- John Murray Press, 04/2023
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780349704043
- Artikelnummer:
- 11167076
- Umfang:
- 576 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 400 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 126 mm
- Stärke:
- 40 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 6.4.2023
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
1940, France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save?
Varian Fry , a young American journalist, arrives in Marseille armed only with three thousand dollars and a list of writers, thinkers and artists he hopes to rescue - so long as the Nazis don't get to them first.
With borders closing around him, Varian tries to track down those on his list; renowned artists like Marc Chagall, who cannot believe that he will ever be unsafe in the country he loves. He smuggles them over the Pyrenees mountains and across the sea hidden in boats, but every day hundreds of ordinary Jewish refugees beg him for help. Does Varian have the right to choose who to save?
At home in New York, making a list seemed hard, but in the middle of humanity's darkest hour, Varian must do all he can to help. And as the Nazis begin to get word of Varian's secret operation, he must dig deep and find the courage to rescue as many innocents as he can.
Even though his own life may be in terrible danger.
Biografie
Julie Orringer, geboren 1973 in Miami, ausgewachsen in New Orleans und Ann Arbor. Ihre mehrfach ausgezeichneten Short Storys sind bisher in The Yale Review, Best New American Voices, Zoetrope und The Pushcart Prize Anthology erschienen. Sie arbeitet an ihrem ersten Roman. Die Autorin lebt heute in San Francisco.
