Raphaël Jérusalmy Book order

• A new novel about acts of resistance from French writer Raphaël Jerusalmy, who imagines an evacuation in war-torn Tel Aviv • Evacuation is an urban tale and a call for peace. It follows the journey of three people as they wander the streets of Tel Aviv, each of them, for different reasons, refusing to evacuate the abandoned city • Written in beautiful, clear prose, the novel charts the characters’ changing views and feelings, their ideas about life and death, the war and isolation, and what happens when you lose the habit of all forms of comfort • Jerusalmy, who is best known for his novels dedicated to the power of the individual, gives us a city without people, without nightlife and without noise, but with a powerful, positive spirit nonetheless. His novel reaches the very heart and unique soul of Tel Aviv, without taking sides • A compelling novel about uncertainty, about love, and about the choices we make under pressure

"François Villon, wayward poet and notorious outlaw, disappeared from view in 1436, aged 32. Nothing is known of what happened to him after he was banished from France. Jerusalmy's novel starts where the history books cut out, finding Villon as he languishes in jail. To escape execution, he enters into a questionable relationship with a bishop in the pay of Louis XI. All Villon has to do to earn his freedom is to convince a printer and bookseller to move from Mayence to Paris, telling him that by doing so he'll be better able to circulate progressive ideas that aren't approved of in Rome. But, not surprisingly, Villon's task is not as simple as it sounds. Part spy novel, part bibliographic treaty, with a good measure of subversion and poetry thrown in, and the odd hoax, The Brotherhood of Book Hunters blends history and legend in a rich, complex tale of plots and counterplots."-- Publisher's description.

"Raphaèel Jâerusalmy's debut novel takes the form of the journal of Otto J. Steiner, a former music critic of Jewish descent suffering from tuberculosis in a Salzburg sanatorium in 1939. Drained by his illness and isolated in the gloomy sanatorium, Steiner finds solace only in music. He is horrified to learn that the Nazis are transforming a Mozart festival into a fascist event. Steiner feels helpless at first, but an invitation from a friend presents him with an opportunity to fight back. Under the guise of organizing a concert for Nazi officials, Steiner formulates a plan to save Mozart that could dramatically change the course of the war."--Amazon.com.