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The paris architect by charles belfoure, paperback. The main character, lucien is a character who changes as the novel moves, but not without struggles and betrayals. Author charles balfoure has set his novel the paris architect during the occupation of france in world war ii. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for jews, lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesnt really believe in. It opens in 1942, as world war ii is raging in paris.
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Because of his architectural background and insight to the human soul and spirit, he has the ability to shape characters the. A beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary mans unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second world war. In 1942 paris, gifted architect lucien bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money and maybe get him killed. From sarahs key, to the book thief, to prisoner b3087, and now the paris architect, these historical fiction novels about the nazi occupation in wwii are moving and inspirational to read. Ive read several fiction books set in the wwii time period, and i have loved each one more than the last. But when one of his hiding spaces fails horribly, and the problem of where to hide a jew becomes. Oct 01, 20 during the nazi occupation of paris, an architect devises ingenious hiding places for jews.
When he is approached by a wealthy man who wants him to create a hiding place for a jew, he accepts the challenge primarily because of the money but also for the potential for greater jobs. The paris architect asks us to consider what we owe each other, and just how far well go to make things right. The summary didnt wow me and im not usually a fan of a male main character. The paris architect centers on an ambitious french architect named lucien, living in germanoccupied paris during the height of the nazi regime. A parisian architect is paid handsomely to devise secret hiding spaces for jews in his nazioccupied country but struggles with risking. Oct 01, 20 the paris architect by charles belfoure is a fast moving book, that captures your attention. Lucien bernard is an architect, solicited for a testy jobfinding some way to build a hiding place for jews. The paris architect by charles belfoure paris has been overrun by the nazis and lucien bernard couldnt care less. The stunning novel of ww2 paris and the german occupation uk ed. Krafft page images at wisconsin royal palaces and parks of france boston. A thoughtful, and delicious, look at how paris continues to delight and excite the palates of visitors and locals.
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