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The flight portfolio / Julie Orringer.

Orringer, Julie, (author.).

Summary:

"The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occupied Europe in this gripping historical novel based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust. 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. Masterfully crafted, exquisitely written, impossible to put down, this is historical fiction of the very first order, and resounding confirmation of Orringer's gifts as a novelist"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307949714 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 562 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Fry, Varian, 1907-1967 > Fiction.
Jewish refugees > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Displaced persons > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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