The Flight Portfolio
Julie Orringer
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, Andr 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.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Julie OrringerPublisher: Knopf Publishing GroupPublished: 05/07/2019ISBN: 9780307959409Pages: 576Weight: 2.00lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60dReview Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 28Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 50Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 37Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019
Book Title
The Flight Portfolio
ISBN
9780307959409
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, Andr 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Julie Orringer
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/2019
ISBN: 9780307959409
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60d
Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 28
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 37
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019
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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Julie Orringer
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/2019
ISBN: 9780307959409
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60d
Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 28
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 37
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019
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, Andr 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Julie Orringer
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/2019
ISBN: 9780307959409
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60d
Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 28
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 37
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019
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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Julie Orringer
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 05/07/2019
ISBN: 9780307959409
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60d
Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 28
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2019 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 37
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2019