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April in Paris (2006)

por Michael Wallner

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When people on Paris's bustling streets look at Michael Roth, they see little more than a Parisian student, a quietly spoken young man with a book under his arm, handsome but guarded. What they do not realize is that he is carrying a painful secret, one that he cannot even reveal to the woman he loves. For Michael is no ordinary Frenchman but a German. He has been sent to Paris to assist the Nazis in dealing with Resistance fighters. Desperate to escape his daily life, he steals into the world of the oppressed Parisians, and into the path of Chantal. But as Michael falls for the bookseller's beautiful daughter, he discovers that a person's past always catches up with them. Soon he will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice and choose between his country, his life and his destiny. Daring, romantic and of exceptional quality, APRIL IN PARIS is an extraordinary love story which will stay with you long after its final pages.… (mais)
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    Suite Française por Irène Némirovsky (SqueakyChu)
    SqueakyChu: Another terrific book about German-occupied France during WWII.
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    Toda a luz que não podemos ver por Anthony Doerr (GoST)
    GoST: Another novel set in occupied France with a relationship between a German soldier and a French girl.
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WWII, Historical Fiction, Gestapo, Paris, Love, Prisoners, Tapping code.
  BooksTourLeMonde | Mar 23, 2022 |
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  David.llib.cat | Feb 5, 2021 |
This was a really great read. It was easy to follow, as in I could read it before bed without losing interest, but it was by no means a "simple" book. I really identified with the main character and I think that the author did a really great job of showing different viewpoints and aspects of war. ( )
  lovelypenny | Feb 4, 2016 |
Audiobook performed by Paul Michael

Roth is a young German army corporal, assigned to Gestapo headquarters in occupied Paris so that he can use his flawless French as an interpreter during interrogations. He’s disturbed by the torture he witnesses, but fulfills his duty as a soldier, accurately translating the words if not the emotions expressed. When not on duty, however, he slips away from his hotel billet, dons civilian clothes and walks the streets of Paris disguised as the Frenchman, Antoine. Being out of uniform, by itself, is a punishable offense, but he crosses the line when he falls for Chantal, the daughter of a bookseller. He does not reveal his true identity to her, and she hides her allegiance to the Resistance.

The reader knows that this star-crossed relationship is bound to end badly, but the way in which Wallner reveals the story kept me in a delirious state of suspense. Make no mistake; this is NOT a hearts-and-flowers romantic escapade, but a gritty and serious novel full of hardship and heartache. There are hints that they’ve been found out, but then they are free to meet. There are several close calls when I was sure that one or the other would be captured and/or killed. Because Roth works for the Gestapo he witnesses and knows the interrogation techniques employed, yet he seems not to remember those ploys when it’s most important. I found myself yelling at the CD player, “It’s a trick!” more than once … and sometimes I was right.

I love how Wallner develops Roth from a naïve, apolitical young man away from home, to a wily, cautious and determined man. He may be beaten but he is not down. On the other hand, I was disappointed in how little he developed the women in this story – Chantal and Anna Rieleck-Sostman (a German woman who runs the Gestapo captain’s office). Despite this, however, I think the book merits five stars; I was captivated from beginning to end and will be talking about it for weeks or months, I’m sure.

Paul Michael does a fine job narrating the audiobook. I don’t speak French but his French sounded pretty good to me. I was glad I had the text handy, however, because I needed to see the written words to puzzle out the French phrases. His pacing was good and he was able to differentiate the characters sufficiently.
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  BookConcierge | Jan 13, 2016 |
Michael Wallnerin romaani sijoittuu vuoteen 1943 Saksan miehittämään Pariisiin. Normandian maihinnousuun on vielä yli vuosi aikaa, ja saksalaissotilaat ovat osa Ranskan pääkaupungin katukuvaa.

Päähenkilö, nuori saksalaiskorpraali Roth edustaa kaikkia niitä sotilaita, jotka eivät voi käsittää sodan tarkoitusta. Niitä, joita kansallisaate ja propaganda eivät tunnu koskettavan. Niitä, jotka ovat poliittisten päättäjien, kansallisuutensa ja asepukujensa vankeja:

Roth, Wehrmachtin sotilas, Pariisi, kesä 1943. Ihmisellä on kansallisuus, ajattelin kotimatkalla. Hän on sen vanki. Harmaa univormu, väkäsin koristettu risti, lippu. Niin kauan kuin sotaa kestäisi, tämä olisi minun todellisuuteni.

Roth joutuu tulkin työnsä vuoksi osallistumaan ranskalaiskapinallisten kuulusteluihin, joissa syytettyjä kidutetaan julmasti. Saksalaissotilaan rooli tuntuu Rothista yhä vieraammalta ja vastenmielisemmältä. Hän keksiikin uskaliaan keinon paeta velvollisuuksiaan: hän pukeutuu silloin tällöin salaa siviilivaatteisiin ja esiintyy nuorena ranskalaismiehenä, Antoinena.

Eräänä iltana Antoine näkee kivellä istuvan nuoren naisen, Chantalin, joka lukee kirjaa. Nainen kiehtoo itsekin kirjallisuutta harrastavaa miestä, mutta hän ei tuolloin vielä tiedä tämän kuuluvan Ranskan vastarintaliikkeeseen.

Kun Chantalin perhe joutuu epäilyksen alle, Rothin on tehtävä päätös: olla kuuliainen maalleen ja esimiehilleen vai syyllistyä maanpetokseen varoittamalla ja auttamalla rakastamaansa naista. Wallner kuvaa hienosti tätä henkistä kamppailua, kahden roolin välillä tasapainoilemista, kahden vihollisrintaman välillä luovimista. Aiheelle sopivasti Roth tasapainoilee tulkin työssään myös kahden kielen välillä.

Wallnerin romaani on sujuvasti kirjoitettu, nopeasti etenevä, kikkailematon ja vahva kertomus. Samoihin aikoihin ja samoille seuduille sijoittuva Anthony Doerrin Kaikki se valo jota emme näe on selkeästi viihteellisempi ja kiiltokuvamaisempi. Siinäkin on hieman vastahakoisesti rooliinsa suhtautuva saksalaissotilas, joka kohtaa ranskalaistytön miehitetyssä maassa. Wallner on kuitenkin selvästi Doerria kriittisempi ja raadollisempi. Yllätyin hieman esimerkiksi siitä, kuinka graafisen tarkasti, mutta mässäilemättä, Wallner kuvailee kidutusta kuulustelutilanteessa.

Doerrin romaani on yksi hienoimmista toiseen maailmansotaan sijoittuvista romaaneista, jonka olen lukenut, mutta täytyy sanoa, että Pariisin huhtikuu ei jää kauas taakse. Sen inhimillinen ote, vähäeleinen tyyli ja kaihoisa tunnelma jäävät mieleen pitkäksi aikaa.

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  GoST | Sep 9, 2015 |
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The result is a piece of period entertainment that is satisfying if not entirely successful. “April in Paris” lacks the gravitas of, say, Bernhard Schlink’s novel “The Reader.” And it doesn’t achieve the dark foreboding found in the work of Kanon and Furst. Like its protagonist, adrift between two worlds, it can’t quite decide what it wants to be.

 

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When people on Paris's bustling streets look at Michael Roth, they see little more than a Parisian student, a quietly spoken young man with a book under his arm, handsome but guarded. What they do not realize is that he is carrying a painful secret, one that he cannot even reveal to the woman he loves. For Michael is no ordinary Frenchman but a German. He has been sent to Paris to assist the Nazis in dealing with Resistance fighters. Desperate to escape his daily life, he steals into the world of the oppressed Parisians, and into the path of Chantal. But as Michael falls for the bookseller's beautiful daughter, he discovers that a person's past always catches up with them. Soon he will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice and choose between his country, his life and his destiny. Daring, romantic and of exceptional quality, APRIL IN PARIS is an extraordinary love story which will stay with you long after its final pages.

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