Paris Requiem by Lisa Appignanesi
Paris, 1899. The city is electric with excitement. Preparations for the universal exhibition and the dawn of a new century have hit fever pitch. But the sensual spectacle of the belle epoque is overshadowed by racial and social tensions, as the Dreyfus affair unleashes a riotous surge of anti-Semitism into its midst enters James Norton, an American charged with bringing home his brother Raf and their high-spirited sister Ellie. When the body of the beautiful Jewish woman Raf loves turns up in the Seine, and her sister is discovered I the sprawling Salp'triSre asylum, the siblings are drawn into a dark web of violence, madness and death. As James reluctantly tackles his mission, it emerges that he and Paris share a history - one that is not altogether unlinked to the turbulent present that now confronts him. Appignanesi's knowledge of the politics and culture of the era shines.--Publishers Weekly.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781908129994 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908129999 |
| Title | Paris Requiem |
| Author | Lisa Appignanesi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Arcadia Books |
| Year published | 2013-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 445 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |