Paris Echo

Paris Echo

by SebastianFaulks (Author)

Synopsis

`Faulks is beyond doubt a master' Financial Times Here is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of Paris. Hannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women who were present under the German Occupation; in her desire to understand their lives and through them her own, she finds a city bursting with clues and connections. Out in the migrant suburbs, Tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew. For him in his innocence each boulevard, Metro station and street corner is a source of surprise. In this urgent and deeply moving novel, Faulks deals with questions of empire, grievance and identity. With great originality and a dark humour, Paris Echo asks how much we really need to know if we are to live a valuable life. `Faulks captures the voice of a century' Sunday Times `The most impressive novelist of his generation' Sunday Telegraph

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 06 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 1786330229
ISBN 13: 9781786330222
Book Overview: The new novel from the bestselling author of BIRDSONG and WHERE MY HEART USED TO BEAT.

Media Reviews
[An] exquisite book... a deeply affecting, wholly unsolemn treatment of some of the 20th century's darkest moments * Daily Mail *
Superb -- Alex Preston * Observer *
Master storytelling... [An] intriguing and moving story that shows how the future is shaped by the past. * Women & Home *
Faulks excels at creating well-rounded characters. * Good Housekeeping *
Author Bio
Sebastian Faulks was born in April 1953. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1991, he worked as a journalist. Sebastian Faulks's books include A Possible Life, Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Engleby, Birdsong, A Week in December and Where My Heart Used to Beat.