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April In Paris
by Michael Wallner
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385519141
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519144
- Seller
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Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385519141 . Hardcover, 248 pages in fine condition with fine dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st printing. Translated from the German by John Cullen. Set in 1945, April In Paris is the dramatic story of an impossible love between a German soldier and a French resistance fighter in occupied Paris.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
Synopsis
Set in 1943, APRIL IN PARIS is the dramatic story of an impossible love between a German soldier and a French Resistance fighter in occupied Paris. Roth, a twenty-one-year-old German soldier, has spent most of his time in occupied Paris working in the army's back offices. But when his superiors learn of his ability to speak accent-free French, he is abruptly transferred to Gestapo headquarters to work as an interpreter during the interrogation of Resistance fighters. Rather than question his role in the Nazi regime, Roth translates with impeccable accuracy as the torture proceeds.But when his duty ends, Roth slips away from his fellow officers, changes into civilian clothes, and wanders aimlessly through Paris disguised as his alter ego "Antoine." One day he is drawn into an antiquarian bookshop and becomes enchanted with the bookseller's beautiful daughter, Chantal. The two begin to meet and fall in love before Roth has the courage to reveal his true identity, nor to discover Chantal's. When a bomb placed in a popular nightclub by the Resistance kills several high-ranking German officers, Roth finds himself not in his role as translator but as the suspect of the SS's interrogation. April in Paris is one of those rare books in which the emotional force of the love story is matched by page-turning suspense. Written in an elegant and arresting style, it is a thrilling novel by a promising new writer, who has brought the reality of a war-torn past very much to the present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavender Path Antiques and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003584
- Title
- April In Paris
- Author
- Michael Wallner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385519141
- ISBN 13
- 9780385519144
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2006020284
- Keywords
- 0385519141, PARIS, FRANCE, WORLD, WAR, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavender Path Antiques and Books
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Harwinton, Connecticut
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