"The Triumphal Arch" is a piercing story of love against all odds—love that brings pain, but also endless joy.
Setting: Paris on the eve of World War II.
The hero: a refugee from Germany—without papers—hiding from both the French and the Nazis; a surgeon who saves human lives.
The heroine: an Italian actress surrounded by admirers—temperamental like all artists—beautiful and irresistible.
And the time when the lovers manage to meet, as well as the city permeated by the feeling of an approaching catastrophe, become the heroes of this novel.
"The Triumphal Arch" has been filmed twice and still captivates readers around the world.