Summary
Erich Maria Remarque: Shadows in Paradise
After years in hiding and narrowly escaping death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now he lives in New York, among old friends, far from the recent atrocities that took place across the ocean. Ros will soon meet Nataša, a beautiful woman and migrant, like him. Her warm heart will make Ros forget her icy and terrifying memories.
And yet, even as the war nears its violent conclusion, Ros fails to find peace. His demons still haunt him. Whether it's the ghosts of the past or guilt because he survived what many others didn't, Ros doesn't know. He is, in fact, just beginning to understand that freedom is not something naive and simple and that paradise, no matter how perfect, has its price...
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