Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Paris is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd published in 2013, which charts the history of Paris from 1261 to 1968. The novel follows six core families [1] set in locales such as Montmartre, Notre Dame and Boulevard Saint-Germain. [2] It includes a map of old Paris. [3] Later titled Paris: A Novel. [4]
Dora Bruder is a typical example of the themes found across Modiano's work such as memory, loss, recovery, time. [3] [4] [5]The German occupation of Paris and the status of the Jews in Paris during this time is also a central theme of Modiano's work since his first novel.
The Paris Architect is a 2013 novel by Charles Belfoure and the author's debut in fiction writing. Published by Sourcebooks Landmark, it follows the story of French architect Lucien Bernard, who is paid to create temporary hiding places for Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris. The book reached The New York Times best seller list in July 2015.
Mariana (Dickens novel) Marjorie Morningstar (novel) The Mark of the Angel; A Marriage Below Zero; The Mask of Dimitrios (novel) Memoirs of the Twentieth Century; The Merry Month of May (novel) The Metropolis Case; Les Misérables; Missing Person (novel) Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris; Mitsou (novella) A Moment of True Feeling; Monsieur Pain; The ...
Nana tells the story of Anna "Nana" Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class prostitute during the last three years of the French Second Empire.Nana first appeared near the end of L'Assommoir (1877), Zola's earlier novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, where she is the daughter of an abusive drunk.
The book is a fictionalised autobiographical portrait of a youthful segment of Vila-Matas's life that was spent in Paris in the 1970s (during which he lived in a room that was rented from Marguerite Duras). As part of a kind of literary apprenticeship, Duras gave him a 13-point set of instructions for writing novels. [1]
IGN’s A.A. Dowd sums it up: “The bar for shark movies lies near the bottom of the ocean, so it’s no great victory that ‘Under Paris’ Gallic riff on ‘Jaws’ neatly clears it.”
The novel was published by House of Anansi Press and received wide critical acclaim upon its publication, making the shortlist for the 2018 Giller Prize. [ 3 ] Set in New York City and Paris, the novel follows a dysfunctional mother and son duo who are forced to relocate after their fortunes fall.