The Paris Library

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The Paris Library. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. “the paris library is a refreshing novel that celebrates libraries as cradles of community, especially when we need them the most.it shows how literature can be a means of escape, a catalyst for human connection, and a moral center in grim times.

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In february of 1939, odile interviews for her dream job at the american library. The interview with miss reeder, the directress, begins well, but odile falters when asked her reasons for wanting to work at the library. Listening to odile’s stories, lily fantasizes about jews hidden in the library building.

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The paris library is a dual timeline story of family, friendship, resistance, romance, betrayal, heroism, bravery, and books. Both women find solace in each other after lily finally meets her elegant neighbor from paris. With the war underway, odile, her family, community of colleagues, and friends increasingly face the turmoil of france’s nazi occupation. Hermann fuchs, the bibliotheksschütz (the nazi library protector), visits the library for the first time.