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Traces a year in the life of Europe's intellectual elite in Nazi-occupied France, discussing how the chƒteau Villa Air-Bel was set up by Varian Frey of the Allies' Emergency Rescue Committee to protect leading scientists, artists, and political leaders, in an account that discusses the daring escape of such figures as Max Ernest, Andr‚ Breton, and Lotte Leonard. 25,000 first printing.
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“A moving and richly detailed account” (Boston Globe)
“a moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times.” (Publishers Weekly)
“A complex tale showing how hope and courage flourish, even in the toxic soil of totalitarianism.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“With tremendous suspense and emotional pull, Sullivan recounts the little-known story of Varian Fry” (Vogue)
“Villa Air-Bel is a most welcome book, a triumph of the human spirit” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Sullivan has written a book of great detail and complexity, though one that is full of darkness.” (Quill & Quire)
“This is a magnificent, complex narrative of courage, folly, and complacency...a beautifully narrated book.” (Telegraph)
“It’s history, it’s intrigue. It’s nonfiction. It’s a real page-turner.” (New York Magazine: Ask a Shop Clerk: Holiday Edition, Carol Wald)
“Her scene-by-scene evocation of life at the house reads like an updated Chekhov comedy laced with horror.” (Financial Times)
“[In Villa Air-Bel] stories are told with passion.” (The Advocate)
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“a moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times.” (Publishers Weekly)
“A complex tale showing how hope and courage flourish, even in the toxic soil of totalitarianism.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“With tremendous suspense and emotional pull, Sullivan recounts the little-known story of Varian Fry” (Vogue)
“Villa Air-Bel is a most welcome book, a triumph of the human spirit” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Sullivan has written a book of great detail and complexity, though one that is full of darkness.” (Quill & Quire)
“This is a magnificent, complex narrative of courage, folly, and complacency...a beautifully narrated book.” (Telegraph)
“It’s history, it’s intrigue. It’s nonfiction. It’s a real page-turner.” (New York Magazine: Ask a Shop Clerk: Holiday Edition, Carol Wald)
“Her scene-by-scene evocation of life at the house reads like an updated Chekhov comedy laced with horror.” (Financial Times)
“[In Villa Air-Bel] stories are told with passion.” (The Advocate)
Rosemary Sullivan has written poetry, short fiction, biography, literary criticism, reviews, and articles. Her recent books include the critically acclaimed Villa Air-Bel and Labyrinth of Desire. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and has been awarded Guggenheim, Camargo, and Trudeau Fellowships. She is a recipient of the Lorne Pierce Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of Canada for her contribution to literature and culture, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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- EditoreHarperCollins
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 0060732504
- ISBN 13 9780060732509
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine476
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Rosemary Sullivan goes beyond the confines of Air-Bel to tell a fuller story of France during the tense years from 1933 to 1941. . . . A moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times. - Publishers WeeklyParis 1940. Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, and scores of other cultural elite denounced as enemies of the conquering Third Reich, live in daily fear of arrest, deportation, and death. Their only salvation is the Villa Air-Bel, a chateau outside Marseille where a group of young people, financed by a private American relief organization, will go to extraordinary lengths to keep them alive. In Villa Air-Bel, Rosemary Sullivan sheds light on this suspenseful, dramatic, and intriguing story, introducing the brave men and women who use every means possible to stave off the Nazis and the Vichy officials, and goes inside the chateaus walls to uncover the private worlds and the web of relationships its remarkable inhabitants developed. Codice articolo DADAX0060732504
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