In Czechoslovakia, with war and Nazism looming, a wealthy Jewish business man and his Gentile wife, commission an avant-garde Architect to build a house. We follow their lives, along with that of the house, the frightening effect on people of power, of bigotry, and what human beings will do to survive. From the very first page, I was immersed in the underlying passions and desires of those involved, and utterly fascinated by the story.
(Polly Sams Plant - bwl 63 Winter 2011 ) |
