andiesmith 's review for:

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

5.0

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33 Place Brugmann is told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. Charlotte Sauvin, an art student raised by her beloved architect father in apartment 4L, knows everything about the building and the people who live there. Her grandmother lives upstairs. Across the hall from Charlotte is, Julian Raphaël, the son of an art dealer. The Raphaël family and their artwork disappear in the middle of the night. 

 

What great debut novel! I found telling of the stories through the eyes of the residents of a singular building was unique and I loved it. 

 

Thank you NetGalley and Grove Press for the ARC. #33PlaceBrugmann #NetGalley