World Stage: An Illustrated Novel

It's summertime in Paris, and the 1937 World's Fair is proceeding as planned... cautiously. Even as forty-four countries gather to present pavilions of peace and progress, rumors of unrest between the world powers echo through the streets. So begins the story of a Soviet playwright, an Italian artist, a British-Indian singer, a Black American pianist, and the German son of a Nazi, whose lives collide at the auditions for a new play. A Jewish play, one set to be performed in the heart of the...