Paris
Roman einer Stadt
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Der Meister des Monumental-Epos entdeckt Paris neu
Fünf Familien, deren Schicksale sich mit der großen Historie dieser Stadt über Jahrhunderte verweben: Die adligen Le Cygnes sind mit den armen Le Sourds seit der Niederschlagung der Pariser Kommune in einer Rachegeschichte unheilvoll verbunden. Die Brüder Gascon, die in den Hinterhöfen von Montmartre zu Hause sind, erleben bei der Errichtung des Eiffelturms Glanz und Elend – und, was den älteren der beiden Gascons betrifft, die große Liebe. Und schließlich sind da die Blanchards, die im Napoleonischen Zeitalter im Kunsthandel ihr Glück machten, ebenso wie Kunsthändlerfamilie Jacob, die aber 1940 im Zuge der deutschen Besatzung alles zu verlieren drohen.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This massive novel traces the evolution of the City of Light over eight centuries, lacing together the fates of a handful of families in operatic style over the decades as class, religion, and commerce are buffeted by great historical forces. From the construction of Notre Dame and the Belle Epoque to the Nazi occupation, Rutherfurd (New York), a specialist in fictionalizing great sweeps of history through a single place, weaves the family ties of a bourgeois merchant clan, a minor aristocratic lineage, and a working-class family of patriots and criminals. Augmented by a credible cast of several dozen other characters, the author spins tales of multiple of emotions over many eras. Rutherfurd dispatches these rich historical periods with grace, bringing different epochs to life through the family sagas that cleave through the sweep of time, from an era of great cathedrals to the rise of the Eiffel Tower. Though his characters are too often pressed into service as talking history textbooks, he shows great authority as to what makes Paris exciting, lively, and timeless in its appeal.
