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The sole woman in the newsroom, she lives with both sexism and anti-Semitism. Then she meets Leo, a German radical and anti-Nazi, and realizes that while Paris is intoxicating, the truly vital historical story is taking place across the border. Rose wrangles an assignment to the Berlin press office, where she is initially happy and in love.
28 de mar. de 2014 · Michele Zackheim’s new novel, Last Train to Paris, follows the adventures of Rosie Manon, the fearless foreign correspondent for the Paris Courier.Spanning the better part of a century, from 1905 to 1992, the story takes us to the Paris and Berlin of the midthirties and early forties, during one of the most fascinating and shameful periods in modern history, the years leading to World War II.
7 de feb. de 2014 · LAST TRAIN TO PARIS. By Michele Zackheim. 251 pp. Europa Editions. Paper, $16. ABIGAIL DEUTSCH’S reviews have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry and other publications.
7 de ene. de 2014 · Michele Zackheim's novel, "Last Train to Paris', is a good novel but one without a central core. Oh, the core is supposed the first-person reminisces of "RB Manon", a female newspaper correspondent from Nevada, who lived and worked in Paris and Berlin in the late 1930's and early 1940's.
- Michele Zackheim
And on the day before World War II is declared, she must choose who will join her on the last train to Paris . . . This carefully researched historical novel reads like a suspense thriller, and interweaves real-life figures into the story, offering "a poignant glimpse into the tensions and anxieties of prewar Europe" (Kirkus Reviews).
And . . . on the day before World War II is declared, she must choose who will join her on the last train to Paris.This is a carefully researched historical novel that reads like a suspense thriller. Colette and Janet Flanner are only two of the well-known figures woven into the story. The parts they play will surprise readers.
Despite some occasionally wooden dialogue, Zackheim gives us a poignant glimpse into the tensions and anxieties of prewar Europe. Pub Date: Jan. 7th, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-60945-179-0
