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Apr 29, 2018kwsmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In 1937, a poor Hungarian Jewish man travels to Paris to study architecture, falls in love, and has his entire world torn apart by World War II. In this lengthy epic, Orringer has crafted a very detailed and very realistic recreation of two great European cities: Paris, and Budapest. The first half of this book is truly excellent, but the last half drags on too long before swiftly finishing in a mad rush; Orringer should have cut a few hundred pages from the hefty mid-section of this tome. The plot is, at times, unrealistic; however, it seems that at least some parts of this tragically beautiful tale are deeply rooted in Orringer's own family history.