The Mark of the Angel: A Novel

Worth reading, especially if you have any interest in the Holocaust.

Understated and eloquent portrayal of protagonists who are common and ignorant in the mosaic of post-war France.

read it for sheer pleasure of readin!!;)...but its got a tragic ending!!

Here is an original and remarkable story. This author is from France. The book was such a bestseller there that it was translated for the States. Need I say more? While I was in New York City in August 2000 I read in the NY Times Book Review about this book. It primarily appealed to me because of the review written by Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. I had just finished his...more

Here is an original and remarkable story. This author is from France. The book was such a bestseller there that it was translated for the States. Need I say more? While I was in New York City in August 2000 I read in the NY Times Book Review about this book. It primarily appealed to me because of the review written by Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. I had just finished his book. Arthur Golden wrote that this book was "Compelling and highly original...You many never read a novel crafted with more wonder and mystery." I would agree with that except for Arthur Goldens' book MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA which deserves the same review. Anyway, that was all it took for me to jot down the title and buy the book at the nearest bookstore. The Mark of the Angel is simply a love story that takes place during the late 1950s, early 1960s in Paris France. There's an unexpected tragedy at the end. There are underlying historic tragic events written in between. Here are a few of my favorites lines: Excited to find himself alone in his own house with a young green-eyed foreigner who says practically nothing.------ Every person's suffering is the most important, isn't it?------ Contrary to what you'd believed during the first hours, the first days, at most the first months of enchantment, the person you love hasn't radically transformed you.------ The body serves a purpose, it can change the course of history.------ "music is my way of taking part in the struggle, making the world a better place to live..."   hide

loved. it's about war violence and what it does to people. not easy, but fascinating

Wonderfully written and a wonderful, yet tragic, story.

You know it has to happen but it's heartbreaking nonetheless. The story of damaged people and the inevitable damage they cause. Beautiful circular writing...

A little racy, but extremely interesting.