The Paris Architect - Couverture souple

Belfoure, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749019476 ISBN 13 : 9780749019471

Editeur : Allison & Busby, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When a wealthy industrialist offers Lucien a large sum of money to devise ingenious hiding places for Jews throughout the city, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life or refusing the job and starving. But Lucien agrees and begins designing hiding places so expertly concealed that the Germans could rip up an entire apartment and never find them behind a painting, within a column, inside a drainpipe. It isn t long before Lucien begins to feel emotionally invested in the lives he is saving. The Gestapo is on the hunt for Mendel Janusky, the richest man in Paris, whose vast fortune they wish to steal. As the Germans close in on Janusky, Bernard must design his most clever hiding place of all. When one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly, he can no longer deny the Jews terrible suffering. He becomes committed to saving them, finding love, courage, and integrity he never thought he had.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1942 Paris, gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money - and maybe get him killed. But if he's clever enough, he'll avoid any trouble. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined German officer won't find it. He sorely needs the money, and outwitting the Nazis who have occupied his beloved city is a challenge he can't resist. But when one of his hiding spaces fails horribly, and the problem of where to hide a Jew becomes terribly personal, Lucien can no longer ignore what's at stake. The Paris Architect asks us to consider what we owe each other, and just how far we'll go to make things right. Written by an architect whose knowledge imbues every page, this story becomes more gripping with every soul hidden and every life saved.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Allison & Busby
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0749019476
• ISBN 13: 9780749019471
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416