Shadows in Paradise

Published in the year of Remarque's death, this novel follows Robert Ross, a German exile who arrives in New York during the Second World War. He lives among other refugees, working in an art dealer's shop and trying to adapt to a country that is safe but strange. Memories of Europe and anxieties about those left behind weigh on him, even as he finds friends and love. The book offers a thoughtful picture of exile, displacement and the uneasy comfort of survival far from home.