{"product_id":"33-place-brugmann-hardcover","title":"33 Place Brugmann - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alice Austen uses her considerable gifts to remind us that the past and the present are more connected than we wish to believe, and that vigilance, loyalty and art hold the key to survival. This is a beautiful and deeply engaging novel.\" -- Ann Patchett, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding debut novel--a love story, mystery, and philosophical puzzle, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the Nazi occupation, in the heart of Brussels, life for the residents of 33 Place Brugmann is about to change forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Sauvin, an art student raised by her beloved architect father in apartment 4L, knows all the details of the building and its people: how light falls on wood floors and voices echo off the marble staircase, the distinct knock of her dear friend, Julian Rapha?l, the son of the art dealer's family across the hall. Then the Rapha?ls disappear, leaving everything behind but their priceless art collection, which has simply vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll else that's familiar fractures when whispers of German occupation become reality, and the lives of the residents grow increasingly intertwined. Charlotte's godmother Masha, a beautiful seamstress living upstairs, deepens her risky affair with a wartime compatriot of Colonel Warlemont in 3L--a man far more calculating than his neighbors believe. When a Nazi functionary with an interest in the Rapha?ls moves into the building, knowing who can and cannot be trusted becomes a matter of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the face of their perilous new reality, every member of this accidental community will discover they are not the person they believed themself to be. When confronted with a cruel choice--submit to the regime or risk their lives to save one another--each learns the truth about what, and who, matters to them the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA propulsive and exquisitely written tour de force, \u003ci\u003e33 Place Brugmann\u003c\/i\u003e champions the restorative power of love, courage, and art in times of great threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Austen\u003c\/b\u003e won the John Cassavetes Award for her debut film \u003ci\u003eGive Me Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e (writer\/producer). She is a past resident of the Royal Court Theatre and her internationally produced plays include \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e (Steppenwolf Theatre), \u003ci\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCherry Orchard Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirls in the Boat\u003c\/i\u003e (Dramatic Publishing). She studied creative writing under Seamus Heaney at Harvard, where she received her JD, after which she moved to Brussels and lived on Place Brugmann. Austen currently lives in Milwaukee and is working on a new film and her next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263422710009,"sku":"9780802164087","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FBPHPhM7oe9780802164087.webp?v=1768818565","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/33-place-brugmann-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}