(Also, architecture! And plots set abroad!) I wasn't expecting anything high-brow, just a good, plot-driven escape. Seriously, I love historical fiction, character development in trying times, and moral quandaries. The only thing this book has going for it is a good premise. A miniature angel wearing wings and halo appeared on one shoulder telling him to do what’s right, and a devil with a pitchfork was on the other shoulder advising him not to.” A character would be in a quandary over what to do.
“He felt as if he was in one of those dumb-ass American movies he’d seen.
Filled with anachronisms, the narrative was so simplistic it just did not fit the time period. A miniature angel wearing wings and halo appeared on one shoulder telling him The concept of this book was excellent….an architect who retrofits spaces within homes to hide Jewish individuals during WWII. From The Paris Architect page 198: “He felt as if he was in one of those dumb-ass American movies he’d seen. The concept of this book was excellent….an architect who retrofits spaces within homes to hide Jewish individuals during WWII. Written by an expert whose knowledge imbues every page, this story becomes more gripping with every life the architect tries to save. But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly and the immense suffering of Jews becomes incredibly personal, he can no longer deny reality. Ultimately he can’t resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces-behind a painting, within a column, or inside a drainpipe-detecting possibilities invisible to the average eye. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn’t really believe in. Ultimately he can’t resist the challenge and begins designing expertly con Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews.
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