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By Dov Hoenig, translated by Gavin Bowd<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-912545-872<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bucharest, before and during World War II. Bernard Davidescou lives with his parents and his older brother on Triumph Street, in the middle of a courtyard block inhabited by a dozen Jewish families and two Christian ones.When Romania under General Ion Antonescu\u2019s dictatorship allies itself with Hitler and invades the USSR, the Jews in Bucharest face the threat of being sent to the Nazi extermination camps, after having survived the terror of the fascist Iron Guard. However, each Sunday morning, young Bernard, age twelve, passionate about politics and history, amazes the adults in the courtyard, Jews and Christians alike, with his analysis of the political situation in Romania and the development of the war on all fronts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Triumph Street is the story of this young man and his dreams and torments during this dark period of human history, while also\u00a0chronicling\u00a0a family in crisis, the discovery of sexuality and first loves, and\u00a0the distraction offered by the cinema, religious searching and idealistic aspirations for a better world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“In a publishing industry that loves to lather its debuts in frothy hype, this is one of the quiet ones. It is also one of the year’s finest . . .\u00a0What makes this such a rich novel is its ability to marry the darkness of world history with the colour of personal history.”<\/em><\/p>\n

R\u00f3n\u00e1n Hession,\u00a0The Irish Times<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“The author captures with sensitivity the emotions of a young boy who survives tyranny, while leading an almost ordinary life taken up with school, the alarming opposite sex, adoring\u00a0Rita Hayworth\u00a0and spying on the attractive next-door neighbour.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Le Figaro Lit\u00e9raire<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“With a rare, vivid power he evokes the anti-Semitism and its barbaric manifestations present everywhere in this vast fresco of the countries of Eastern Europe. \u00a0Triumph Street Bucharest is an original and powerful work, a \u2018Bildungs Roman’ enriched by the lens of History.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7oise Basch, historian<\/strong><\/p>\n
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“Bernard has achieved his dream: that is the story of this debut book. \u00a0A long path to adulthood, the recollections of youth and of the struggle to break away to live his life: This is a universal story. \u00a0Here coupled with an exciting perspective on community and historical events, that keep the reader in suspense throughout.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jean-Jacques Beineix, film-maker, author, historian<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“(Rue de Triomphe) is of \u00a0a time and a place that we know very little, if anything, about, and as such is fascinating. It is the story of a sensitive boy\u2019s life in a close Jewish community in Bucharest before, during and after World War II. All this against the backdrop of anti-semitism, the rise of the country\u2019s fervently nationalist Iron Guard, Romania\u2019s alliance with Nazi Germany and the boy\u2019s dream of getting to Palestine.\u00a0 The writing is almost cinematic in its detail: you can virtually see the house and courtyard where the boy grows up, the Jewish youth camp his brother attends, the cramped quarters on the ship transporting young Jews to Palestine. The characters and relationships within the boy\u2019s family are especially well-drawn.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Christina Zori\u0107, award-winning\u00a0translator from French<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dov Hoenig, translated by Gavin Bowd ISBN: 978-1-912545-872 Bucharest, before and during World War II. Bernard Davidescou lives with his parents and his older brother on Triumph Street, in the middle of a courtyard block inhabited by a dozen Jewish families and two Christian ones.When Romania under General Ion Antonescu\u2019s dictatorship allies itself with …<\/p>\n

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