Paris
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- $41.99
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- $41.99
Publisher Description
Edward Rutherfurd debuterte med SARUM i 1987, en historisk roman om Stonehenge og Salisbury som spenner over 10.000 år. Boken lå 23 uker på bestselgerlistene. Hans historiske romaner om New York, London og Paris har solgt i millionopplag.
PARIS er et stort drama om kunst, krig og kjærlighet som fanger denne europeiske verdensmetropolens storslagenhet. Paris’ lukter, smaker, ja selve byen sjel, kommer til liv i denne fengslende romanen. Gjennom de ulike karakterene får vi innblikk i de historiske høydepunkter som har skapt dagens Paris.
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.
