![]() For the time it takes to read this fine novel, and for a long time afterward, it becomes our world too.” Indeed, the New York Times gave it high praise as well, saying, “The strength of The Invisible Bridge lies in Orringer’s ability to make us care so deeply about the people of her all-too-real fictional world. Praised for its ‘brilliant storytelling’ by the Guardian, the book was a critics’ darling. Following Andras Lévi, a poor Hungarian who goes to Paris to study architecture, and the beautiful ballet teacher he meets there, named Klara, the story is ambitious in relating love in the most tumultuous of eras. The narrative of The Invisible Bridge concerns a Hungarian Jewish family and an epic romance during the lead-up to World War II and Hungary under the German occupation. But until that happens, we only have the novel to look to. ![]() The later turned out to be a huge international best-seller, and is currently under development for a film version. We are thinking of books like Budapest, by Chico Buarque, the ironically named coming-of-age comedy Prague, by Arthur Philips, and more recently, The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. But occasionally a curious foreigner comes along and discovers the highly literary atmosphere of Budapest, and gets inspired to write about it. Classic books like Paul Street Boys, Anna Edes, and Celestial Harmonies. ![]() We even see some of these books in English translation. Most of the literature that is based in Budapest and Hungary is, naturally, written by Hungarians. ![]()
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