The Paris Express

Author:	Donoghue, Emma
Binding:	Hardcover
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Overview

ISBN:	9781668082799
Publisher:	Summit Books
Language:	English
Page Count:	274
Publication Date:	3/18/2025
Size:	8.63" l x 5.75" w x 1.00"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Fiction	Historical
Fiction	Literary

Shortlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize

Emma Donoghue, the “soul-stirring” (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.

Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.

From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger, New York Times bestselling author), The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.