The flight portfolio
Orringer, Julie2022
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1940, Nazi occupied France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save? Varian Fry, a young American journalist, arrives in Marseille, shortly after the Germans have occupied the country. He is armed only with three thousand dollars and a list of writers, thinkers and artists he hopes to rescue - so long as the Nazis don't get to them first. With borders closing around him, Varian tries to track down those on his list - renowned artists like Marc Chagall who cannot believe that he will ever be unsafe in the country he loves. He smuggles them over the Pyrenees mountains and across the sea hidden in boats, but everyday hundreds of ordinary Jewish refugees beg him for help. Does Varian have the right to choose who to save?
Main title:
The flight portfolio / Julie Orringer.
Author:
Orringer, Julie, author
Imprint:
London : Blackfriars, 2022.
Collation:
562 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Kopf, 2019.
ISBN:
9780349994154 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2287849