Book
The flight portfolio / Julie Orringer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0307959406
- ISBN: 9780307959409
- ISBN: 9780307959409
- ISBN: 0307959406
- Physical Description: 562 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | "In 1940, Varian Fry - a Harvard educated American journalist - traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to rescue within a few weeks. Instead, he ended up staying in France for thirteen months, working under the veil of a legitimate relief organization to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and set up an underground railroad that led over the Pyrenees, into Spain, and finally to Lisbon, where the refugees embarked for safer ports. Among his many clients were Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel, Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Marc Chagall. The Flight Portfolio opens at the Chagalls' ancient stone house in Gordes, France, as the novel's hero desperately tries to persuade them of the barbarism and tragedy descending on Europe."--Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Fry, Varian, 1907-1967 > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > France > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Fiction. Jewish refugees > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
Available copies
- 41 of 42 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Rockville Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 42 total copies.
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Electronic resources
The Flight Portfolio : A Novel
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The Flight Portfolio : A Novel
"Bighearted, gorgeous, historical, suspenseful, everything you want a novel to be" (--Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less ), a new book inspired by the World War II story you've never heard--the real-life quest of an unlikely hero to save the lives and work of Europe's great minds from the impending Holocaust In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to help escape within a few weeks. Instead, he stayed more than a year, working to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and arrange journeys across Spain and Portugal, where the refugees would embark for safer ports. His many clients included Hannah Arendt, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Marc Chagall, and the race against time to save them is a tale of forbidden love, high-stakes adventure, and unimaginable courage. "Masterfully crafted and impossible to put down, The Flight Portfolio offers a testament to the enduring power of art, and love, in any form." -- Entertainment Weekly
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