{"product_id":"9781250751782","title":"The Paris Hours : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alex George\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Like \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e explores the brutality of war and its lingering effects with cinematic intensity. The ending will leave you breathless.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Christina Baker Kline, author of \u003ci\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day in the City of Light. One night in search of lost time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city’s most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they’ve lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCamille was the maid of Marcel Proust, and she has a secret: when she was asked to burn her employer’s notebooks, she saved one for herself. Now she is desperate to find it before her betrayal is revealed. Souren, an Armenian refugee, performs puppet shows for children that are nothing like the fairy tales they expect. Lovesick artist Guillaume is down on his luck and running from a debt he cannot repay—but when Gertrude Stein walks into his studio, he wonders if this is the day everything could change. And Jean-Paul is a journalist who tells other people’s stories, because his own is too painful to tell. When the quartet’s paths finally cross in an unforgettable climax, each discovers if they will find what they are looking for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold over the course of a single day in 1927, Alex George's\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e takes four ordinary people whose stories, told together, are as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"What a design! George expertly crosscuts between various plots, coaxing them closer and closer as evening draws on. The tinder has been set and the fire is lit as the action converges on a raucous cabaret in Montmartre.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A notebook plucked from the fire, a missing child, a troublesome debt, a traumatic memory: from these elements, Alex George masterfully concocts a story of desperate, grieving people seeking solace, redemption, and answers to the questions that plague them. \u003cb\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e explores the brutality of war and its lingering effects with cinematic intensity\u003c\/b\u003e. The ending will leave you breathless.”\u003cbr\u003e—Christina Baker Kline, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOrphan Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ethe kind of novel I always dream about finding\u003c\/b\u003e: a completely engrossing story that had me canceling plans so I could race to the end. Alex George brilliantly conjures a world between the wars filled with unforgettable characters, including Maurice Ravel, Ernest Hemingway, Marcel Proust, and Josephine Baker. This is a book with Paris at its heart for any reader who loved Paula McClain’s \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e or Anthony Doerr’s \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e. I read \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e without pausing, desperate to see if these marvelous characters could escape the ache of their past. And I gasped when I got to the end.”\u003cbr\u003e—Will Schwalbe, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Your Life Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBooks for Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, Alex George writes movingly of human connection, lost and found. His vivid portrayal of lives intersecting in early 20th century Paris \u003cb\u003ewill delight you with its lyricism and touch you with its humanity\u003c\/b\u003e. There are delicious cameos from famous expatriates such as Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, but the main protagonists, all seeking something or someone lost, seemingly forever, are so beautifully drawn they will haunt you long after you reach the end.”\u003cbr\u003e—Melanie Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Swans of Fifth Avenue \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMistress of the Ritz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is a feast of the human soul. In this stunning novel, Alex George goes behind the glitter of Paris in 1927 and takes you to the rooftops, the skinny alleyways, the flower-strewn parks, and darkened bar rooms to mine the wisdom of humanity. \u003cb\u003eA remarkable story. Beautifully rendered; gorgeously told\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jessica Keener, author of \u003ci\u003eStrangers In Budapest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Although Josephine Baker, Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein drift along the edges of this \u003cb\u003eexquisitely written, lovely jewel of a book\u003c\/b\u003e, the characters who win our true affection are those created with appealing sympathy by Mr. George. They move through the streets of an evocatively rendered Paris and into our hearts as their lives entwine and the story builds to a conclusion as bittersweet as life itself.”\u003cbr\u003e—George Hodgman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBettyville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unfolding over the course of one day in 1927, in a city whose citizens remain traumatized by the devastation of World War I, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003ethrilling, irresistible marvel\u003c\/b\u003e. In lyrical prose, author Alex George weaves together memory, loss, and yearning, portraying his characters with such vivid immediacy that I could imagine myself walking beside them along the winding streets of Paris, sharing their stories. \u003cb\u003eRiveting, heartbreaking, and compassionate\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e continues to haunt me.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lauren Belfer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Light \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnd After the Fire, \u003c\/i\u003erecipient of the National Jewish Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Alex George does for the croissant what his muse Marcel Proust did for the madeleine. A journey of memory, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea sensory feast that had me gobbling pages\u003c\/b\u003e and dreaming myself into the sparkling company of Gertrude Stein, Josephine Baker, and Sylvia Beach during the heyday of Paris prestige. You know a novel is great when you finish reading and wish the fiction could be true history.”\u003cbr\u003e—Sarah McCoy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMarilla of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250751782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40739287335118,"sku":"9781250751782","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_32cf5b47-23b7-40d6-9431-52c91bd37cb8.jpg?v=1641361185","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250751782","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}