Arch of Triumph

In Paris in 1938, on the eve of another war, Ravic is a German refugee surgeon who has lost his papers and country. He works illegally in hospitals, always aware that police may deport him. His life changes when he meets Joan Madou, an Italian actress, and a difficult love affair begins. Haunted by his memories of persecution under the Nazis, he searches for both purpose and some measure of justice. The novel gives a vivid picture of exile, uncertainty and the fragile hope of people with no safe place to go.