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A Bookshop in Berlin
Translated by Stephanie Smee
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ABOUT THE BOOK
In 1921, Françoise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-opens Berlin’s very first French bookshop. It is a dream come true. The bookshop attracts artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. It brings Françoise peace, friendship and prosperity. Then, in the summer of 1939, the dream ends and Françoise’s desperate, headlong flight from Nazi persecution begins.
Unfolding in Berlin, Paris and against the romantic landscapes of southern France, A Bookshop in Berlin is a heartbreaking tale of human cruelty and unending kindness; and of a woman whose lust for life refuses to leave her, even in her darkest hours.
DETAILS
- Author
- Françoise Frenkel
- Original language
- French
- Translated by
- Stephanie Smee
- First published
- 1945
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- This edition
- January 2024
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781805330318
- Language
- en
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