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What is The Balcony about?

"Jane Delury arrives on the scene of her debut with a sensibility fully formed and a breathtaking array of writerly gifts at her command." — Jennifer Egan A century-spanning portrait of the inhabitants of a French village, revealing the deception, despair, love, and longing beneath the calm surface of ordinary lives. What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us? Set in a small village near Paris, The Balcony follows the inhabitants of a single estate-including a manor and a servants' cottage-over the course of several generations, from the Belle Époque to the present day, introducing us to a fascinating cast of characters. A young American au pair develops a crush on her brilliant employer. An ex-courtesan shocks the servants, a Jewish couple in hiding from the Gestapo attract the curiosity of the neighbors, and a housewife begins an affair while renovating her downstairs. Rich and poor, young...

Who reads The Balcony?

Author

Delury, Jane

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316554671

Category

travel

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (1,834 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14