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Fugitive Colors
by Lisa Barr
How do I even begin to describe this book? Lisa Barr did a phenomenal job with this novel. I could feel the love, the friendship, the pain, the betrayal, the urge of revenge. I could see the paintings being described, smell the paint, feel the passion, hear the anger; every sense was exploited beautifully in this book.
Julian makes for an incredibly sympathetic and likable character. His journey from Yakov to Julian is heartbreaking and necessary. He has a desire and a need to paint and be an artist. It is in his fingers, driving him to burst from Hasidic Jew to Parisian expat joining the rush of artists in Paris. His art was his life and his life was his art. Joining a group of German and Jewish artists on his first day in Paris changes his life forever. He finds love and friendship but along with that he finds the greatest trials he could ever face. Each page you turn it feels as if Julian could not possibly face anymore pain and punishment at the hands of the Nazis and his old friend but he reaches bottom several times.
This book is simply incredibly. I could not put it down. It has love, friendship, greed, Nazis, WWII and, at the end, a possible glimmer of hope. Be prepared to feel completely destroyed for the people in this novel but also be prepared to not stop reading. I think this is my new favorite book. It really makes you ask yourself how far would you go for your passion and how far would you go for revenge?
Julian makes for an incredibly sympathetic and likable character. His journey from Yakov to Julian is heartbreaking and necessary. He has a desire and a need to paint and be an artist. It is in his fingers, driving him to burst from Hasidic Jew to Parisian expat joining the rush of artists in Paris. His art was his life and his life was his art. Joining a group of German and Jewish artists on his first day in Paris changes his life forever. He finds love and friendship but along with that he finds the greatest trials he could ever face. Each page you turn it feels as if Julian could not possibly face anymore pain and punishment at the hands of the Nazis and his old friend but he reaches bottom several times.
This book is simply incredibly. I could not put it down. It has love, friendship, greed, Nazis, WWII and, at the end, a possible glimmer of hope. Be prepared to feel completely destroyed for the people in this novel but also be prepared to not stop reading. I think this is my new favorite book. It really makes you ask yourself how far would you go for your passion and how far would you go for revenge?