The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)

The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Julie Orringer

The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
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Author: Julie Orringer
Edition: Kindle Edition
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Kindle eBook
Published: 2010-04-02
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 625
Publisher: Vintage

Book Reviews of The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)

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Summary: 4 Stars

The story begins in 1937 Hungary. We travel to Paris with our protaganist Andras Levi, an hungarian-jewish architecture student on scholarship to study. Andras is a smart, talented and mature young man who uses these characteristics to survive in Paris and again in Budapest after the subtle beginnings of WWII begin to affect his life. In 1940 war is eminent and spreads like spilled syrup over Andras, the people he loves and all of Europe with a weight of love, the need to survive and having absolutely little to no control over ones life.

From the beginning, while reading make note of the characters because none are lost throughout the story. This is a long read with good purpose. Appropriately titled, 'The Invisible Bridge' is a book of bonds that are connected regardless of distance, time and circumstance.

Be ready for the vivid details and the highs and lows of this story. This story is beautifully written. Strong characterization lends itself to a relationship with the characters, each with their own story and depth. There were several times when I had to stop from reading to take in what I'd just read because I could see what had happened.

I feared, worried and rejoiced with these characters and was at ease with the realistic ending.The detail lends itself to the length but also to the vision of the story in my head. At times, this book can be very heavy but you read on and survive with the characters.Excellent depth and a good, long book to curl up with on a rainy or snow day.

Summary of The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)

Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will alter the course of his?and his family?s?history. From the small Hungarian town of Konyár to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in labor camps, The Invisible Bridge tells the story of a family shattered and remade in history?s darkest hour.




From the Trade Paperback edition.
Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010: Even if this weren't her first novel, Julie Orringer's Invisible Bridge would be a marvelous achievement. Orringer possesses a rare talent that makes a 600-page story--which, we know, must descend into war and genocide--feel rivetingly readable, even at its grimmest. Building vivid worlds in effortless phrases, she immerses us in 1930s Budapest just as a young Hungarian Jew, Andras Lévi, departs for the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. He hones his talent for design, works backstage in a theater, and allies with other Jewish students in defiance of rising Nazi influence. And then he meets Klara, a captivating Hungarian ballet instructor nine years his senior with a painful past and a willful teenage daughter. Against Klara's better judgment, love engulfs them, drowning out the rumblings of war for a time. But inevitably, Nazi aggression drives them back to Hungary, where life for the Jews goes from hardship to horror. As in Dr. Zhivago, these lovers can't escape history's merciless machinery, but love gives them the courage to endure. --Mari Malcolm


Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will alter the course of his?and his family?s?history. From the small Hungarian town of Konyár to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in labor camps, The Invisible Bridge tells the story of a family shattered and remade in history?s darkest hour.




From the Trade Paperback edition.

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