The Invisible Bridge in Around the World

Jan 04, 2014 Lilisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fiction, historical-fiction, 2014, around-the-world-2014, all-time-favorites, hungary

A searing and indelible historical fiction that captures the depth of loyalty and intimate ties of family and friends, The Invisible Bridge is the story of a Jewish Hungarian family of three brothers and closely follows the path of Andras – the middle brother as he moves to Paris as a student in 1937. What follows is an incredible story of Andras’ life, his love for Klara and Hungarian connections as he struggles to survive the onslaught of hatred against Jews in Europe as World War II breaks ou ...more

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Dec 23, 2016 Barbarac added it

Shelves: couldn-t-finish, wwii, eastern-europe, library, women-authors-2016

To end 2016 I went back to all the books I started this year and tried to finish them. So in December I once again picked up this book, which I started in 2016. And I read about 100 pages more than I had the first time around.
But once again I am admitting defeat. So far the book is long, slow and repetitive. Is it weird that I can't wait until WWII starts so that Andras moves on and the story moves along?
Anyway, I did read a lot of great reviews, so I'm obviously missing something, and I'm sti ...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Christie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I wish I could go back to the beginning of the book and remember what I liked about it. It is very well written, but towards the end I just wanted it to end. Epic read in this (to me) just means a lot of words and a lot of pages.

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Nov 30, 2012 Miriam Jacobs rated it liked it

I am so glad I read this book - a history (Hungary during WWII) I knew little about. The writing is thoroughly competent, if not genius (clean, clear sentences & no mixing up of forbidding with foreboding, or later with latter), and the details of the lost world it describes kept me committed for 750 pages, a good score.

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