Paris Echo
A Novel
ISBN10: 1250230675
ISBN13: 9781250230676
Trade Paperback
272 Pages
$17.00
American historian Hannah intends to immerse herself in World War II research in Paris, wary of paying much attention to the city where a youthful misadventure once left her dejected. But a chance encounter with Tariq, a Moroccan teenager whose visions of the City of Lights as a world of opportunity and rebirth starkly contrast with her own, disrupts her plan.
Hannah agrees to take Tariq in as a lodger, forming an unexpected connection with the young man. Yet as Tariq begins to assimilate into the country he risked his life to enter, he realizes that its dark past and current ills are far more complicated than he’d anticipated. And Hannah, diving deeper into her work on women’s lives in Nazi-occupied Paris, uncovers a shocking piece of history that threatens to dismantle her core beliefs. Soon they each must question which sacrifices are worth their happiness and what, if anything, the tumultuous past century can teach them about the future.
From the sweltering streets of Tangier to deep beneath Paris via the Metro, from the affecting recorded accounts of women in German-occupied France and into the future through our hopes for these characters, Paris Echo offers a tough and poignant story of injustices and dreams.
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Praise for Paris Echo
“[Faulks] is as skillful as ever . . . With lyrical precision, he reveals Paris and its wartime past . . . And Paris Echo, for all its tragedy, is one of his most buoyant novels, flawlessly paced and deftly constructed.”—Wall Street Journal
“Briskly told and engaging . . . [Paris Echo] is an entertaining novel with memorable characters. A fun romp through Paris and history.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Enveloping . . . Faulks offers a subtle but affecting portrait of friendship while exploring the immense difficulty of making sense of the larger world.”—Booklist
"Faulks immerses readers into a haunted Paris . . . Exhilarating . . . Fans of Paula McClain and Ian McEwan will enjoy Faulks’s touching tale.”—Publishers Weekly
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