The City of Earthly Desire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478387886)

The City of Earthly Desire is an unforgettable novel of love and lust; beauty and vulgarity; virtue and vice; and art and ethics. Occasionally dark, but always entertaining and engaging, the narrative is peopled by a memorable cast of characters who are as intense and turbulent as the times and places they occupy. Like the great novels of the nineteenth century, the story delves into the struggle between morality and immorality; beauty and ugliness; and good and evil. After the communists destroy his dream of becoming a recognized painter in Hungary, Reinhardt Drixler escapes to America to provide a better future for his young family and to further his artistic pursuits. Twenty-five years later, communism collapses in Europe; Reinhardt's son B la falls in love with Suzy Kiss, an ambitious and alluring Hungarian striptease dancer whose interest in the young writer can be summarized in two words: green card. When Suzy is mysteriously deported, a devastated B la must make a decision - should he stay in New York and continue with the noble artistic ambitions his father instilled in him, or should he follow his heart to Hungary and explore the enticing and risqu opportunities blossoming in post-communist Budapest?

Author: Francis Berger
ISBN-10: 1478387882
ISBN-13: 9781478387886
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2012
Pages: 542
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.09d