Єврейка в Парижі

Parizh, 1940 rіk, mіsto pіd nіmetsʹkoiu okupatsієiu. IUna єvreĭka IUdita zustrіchaє molodogo Krіstіana. Ale ĭogo zamozhnі batʹki — simpatiki natsistіv і nіkoli ne skhvaliatʹ ĭogo vibіr. Okupatsіĭna vlada staє vse zhorstokіshoiu, tozh para planuє vtechu z kraїni. Ale chi vdastʹsia їm zdіĭsniti svoї namіri? Monrealʹ, 1982 rіk. Nezadovgo do smertі Lіka Ґriunberґ zіznaєtʹsia svoїĭ donʹtsі IAkobіnі, shcho u neї є starsha єdinokrovna sestra IUdita. Pіd chas Drugoї svіtovoї cholovіk utіk vіd natsistіv, ale vtrativ usі kontakti z pervіstkoiu. IAkobіna obіtsiaє batʹkovі znaĭti sestru, iakoї nіkoli ne znala. Vashington, 2006 rіk. Frantsuzhenka Beatrіs beretʹsia dogliadati starenʹku IAkobіnu ta dіznaєtʹsia pro zaplutanu іstorіiu її rodini. Zhіnka vpritul pіdkhoditʹ do rozv’iazannia taєmnitsі IUditi, ale zhittia vnositʹ svoї korektivi… Melanі Levenzon — amerikansʹka ĭ nіmetsʹka pisʹmennitsia, shcho narodilasʹ u Frankfurtі. Vivchala lіteraturu ĭ mіzhnarodnі vіdnosini u Kelʹnі, Parizhі ĭ Santʹiago-de-Chilі. Otrimala diplom magіstra v Іnstitutі polіtichnikh doslіdzhenʹ u Frantsії. Bula rechnitseiu Vsesvіtnʹoї organіzatsії okhoroni zdorov'ia v Zhenevі (Shveĭtsarіia), robila reportazhі z Lіberії pіd chas gromadiansʹkoї vіĭni 2003 roku, Gaїtі pіslia ruĭnіvnogo zemletrusu v 2010 ta Banda-Achekh pіslia tsunamі 2004 roku. Takozh bula rechnitseiu OON pіd chas vіĭni v Іratsі, ekspertkoiu z komunіkatsіĭ u Svіtovomu banku u Vashingtonі, vinorobkoiu v dolinі Napa (vinorobsʹkiĭ regіon v Kalіfornії).

Paris, 1940, a city under German occupation. Young Jewish woman Judith meets young Christian. But his wealthy parents are Nazi sympathizers and will never approve of his choice. The occupation authorities are becoming increasingly violent, so the couple plans to flee the country. But will they be able to fulfill their intentions? Montreal, 1982. Shortly before Lika's death, Grunberg confesses to his daughter Jacobina that she has an older half-sister, Judith. During World War II, a man fled the Nazis, but lost all contact with his first child. Jacobina promises her father to find the sister she never knew. Washington, 2006. French woman Beatrice takes care of old Jacobina and learns about the complicated history of her family. A woman comes close to solving the mystery of Judith, but life makes its own adjustments мел Melanie Levenzon is an American and German writer, born in Frankfurt. She studied literature and international relations in Cologne, Paris and Santiago de Chile. She received a master's degree from the Institute for Political Studies in France. She was a spokesperson for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and reported on Liberia during the 2003 civil war, Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, and Banda Aceh after the 2004 tsunami. She was also a UN spokesperson during the Iraq War, a communications expert at the World Bank in Washington, and a winemaker in Napa Valley (a wine region in California).