Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille - Couverture souple

Sullivan, Rosemary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060732512 ISBN 13 : 9780060732516

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Sullivan Rosemary

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“A moving and richly detailed account” (Boston Globe)

“a moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times.” (Publishers Weekly)

“A complex tale showing how hope and courage flourish, even in the toxic soil of totalitarianism.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“With tremendous suspense and emotional pull, Sullivan recounts the little-known story of Varian Fry” (Vogue)

“Villa Air-Bel is a most welcome book, a triumph of the human spirit” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“Sullivan has written a book of great detail and complexity, though one that is full of darkness.” (Quill & Quire)

“This is a magnificent, complex narrative of courage, folly, and complacency...a beautifully narrated book.” (Telegraph)

“It’s history, it’s intrigue. It’s nonfiction. It’s a real page-turner.” (New York Magazine: Ask a Shop Clerk: Holiday Edition, Carol Wald)

“Her scene-by-scene evocation of life at the house reads like an updated Chekhov comedy laced with horror.” (Financial Times)

“[In Villa Air-Bel] stories are told with passion.” (The Advocate)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

France, 1940. The once glittering boulevards of Paris teem with spies, collaborators, and the Gestapo now that France has fallen to Hitler's Wermacht. For André Breton, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and scores of other cultural elite who have been denounced as enemies of the Third Reich the fear of imminent arrest, deportation, and death defines their daily life. Their only salvation is the Villa Air-Bel, a château outside Marseille where a group of young people will go to extraordinary lengths to keep them alive.

A powerfully told, meticulously researched true story filled with suspense, drama, and intrigue, Villa Air-Bel delves into a fascinating albeit hidden saga in our recent history. It is a remarkable account of how a diverse intelligentsia—intense, brilliant, and utterly terrified—was able to survive one of the darkest chapters of the twentieth century.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060732512
• ISBN 13: 9780060732516
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496