Paris Echo

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Pub Date 13 Jun 2019 | Archive Date 13 Jul 2019

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Description

**Sunday Times Bestseller**

A haunting portrait of Paris past and present from the bestselling author of Birdsong.

'Superb... Weaves winningly between the present and the Second World War, between Tangier and Paris' Observer

American academic Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both find themselves haunted by the ghosts of Paris.

Hannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women living under the German Occupation and finds a city bursting with clues, connections and past love affairs, while in the migrant suburbs Tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew. Urgent and deeply moving, Paris Echo asks how much we really need to know in order to live a valuable life.

‘An exquisite book. Deeply affecting’ Daily Mail

**Sunday Times Bestseller**

A haunting portrait of Paris past and present from the bestselling author of Birdsong.

'Superb... Weaves winningly between the present and the Second World War, between...


Advance Praise

'Superb... weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tanglers and Paris'

Observer

'[Paris Echo is] brimming with Faulk's deep affection for Paris. His outsider's interest in quirky street names and quaint corners transports his readers there too. And in the end, the book is powered by his ambition to evoke that place, its ghostliness, those spectres of history, lurking around every beautiful avenue'

Guardian

'A brilliantly plotted and occasionally hallucinatory novel, in which the author's genius for literary ventriloquism is shown off to startling effect'

New Statesman

'Paris Echo doesn't disappoint... Faulks is doing what he does best, marrying careful historical research with a good ear for dialogue'

The Times

'[An] exquisite book... a deeply affecting, wholly unsolemn treatment of some of the 20th century's darkest moments'

Daily Mail

'The prowess of his storytelling makes him a graceful guide through "the great world of the past"... Cunningly crafted, Faulks's fictional bridge between the French past and present has its sentimental side'

Financial Times

'There is humour and humanity in this bold, perceptive novel'

Daily Express

'Superb... weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tanglers and Paris'

Observer

'[Paris Echo is] brimming with Faulk's deep affection for Paris. His outsider's interest...


Available Editions

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ISBN 9781784704100
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)
PAGES 320

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Featured Reviews

A fabulous book - in all senses of the word - where the past and present intermingle and inform each other. Desperately sad and moving yet filled with dark humour and a zest for life.

In some books with two main characters it can be a case of loving one and not being so keen on the other but not here. Both Hannah and Tariq are wonderful human creations who learn and grow while staying true to themselves.

The supporting cast is varied and colourful and come to life immediately they hit the page. They have depth of character and backstories that you sense could fill a novel in their own right.

This is a highly informative novel where something new or only half guessed at frequently makes one pause and think, yet it is never dry, never dull, never preachy. It asks how much we should allow the past to affect the present - how much should we remember and how much are we able to forget.

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