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It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic--a German doctor and refugee living in Paris--has been treating some of the city's most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians.
Forbidden to return to his own country, and dodging the everyday dangers of jail and deportation, Ravic manages to hang on--all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. And though he's given up on the possibility of love, life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic, even during the worst of times. . . .
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--The New York Times Book Review
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An old favorite of mine.,
By Palle E T Jorgensen "Palle Jorgensen" (Iowa City, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Arch of Triumph (Paperback)
An old favorite of mine.A friend asked me to recommend a Remarque novel. We discussed 'All Quiet...'. My reply follows: 'Sure, in fact one of my favorites of Remarque's books is a thinly veiled portrait of Marlene Dietrich; or rather the intertwining of her life with his in Paris at the eve the period up to war in Europe, the year before the WW2 broke out.--- Like the two protagonists in the novel, Remarque and Dietrich were themselves at a desparate point in their lives in 1939. Side comment: I am afraid that a lot is lost in the translation of Remarque's books. He only wrote in German, even when he lived in the US. In any case, Remarque is a master of a suspenseful openings, in his novels. This one does not disapoint! Lots of his books are about refugee life of sorts. Another of Remarque's novels I often return to is 'Night in Lisbon', and it is again about escape from a Europe at high noon, just as Europe is going up in flames before WW2.' Review by Palle Jorgensen, September 2004.
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Arch of Triumph,
By Vladimir (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arch of Triumph (Paperback)
Best book ever about people that have to leave their countries en try their luck elswhere. It's frightfully true & if you know the present u'll see that nothing is changed in Europe sinds WW II.
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You feel like have been in Paris after reading this book,
By Petrit Ndrio (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arch of Triumph (Paperback)
It is true. Remarque's detailed and romantic style of describing Paris makes the book, even today a powerful guide to visit and enjoy Paris. It is a wonderful book to be recommended to someone who planes to visit Paris or surprise with a Calvados drink someone that had red the book. Also, dialogues Ravic-Joan and Morosow-Ravic are so powerful that doubtlessly make this book exceptionally enjoying and the story immortal.
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