Amadeu de Prado, a (fictional) Portuguese doctor and essayist whose writings explore themes of loneliness, mortality, death, friendship, love, and loyalty, is the author of the book he brings with him on the night train to Lisbon. After a chance encounter with a mysterious Portuguese woman, Latin teacher Raimund Gregorius decides to leave his old life behind and embark on a new one. One of Europe's biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, Night Train to Lisbon is an astonishing novel, a compelling exploration of consciousness, the ability of language to define our very selves, and the possibility of truly understanding another person in the book. Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal MercierĪn international best-seller, this novel explores the depths of our shared humanity to shed light on life, love, and literature. Lauren's family is in jeopardy, and she must fight to keep them safe in a world where morality and values are constantly being questioned. The fate of Lauren and her nephew hangs in the balance. Lauren is concerned for the well-being of her biracial niece and nephew. Her search for love and security is frustrated when Bryan's obsession with White Sharia and growing ties to a racist patriot militia group turns him distant and abusive.

After falling for the wrong guy, Lauren gets sucked into the commotion. The government has been taken over by extremists, incompetents, and con men who tear the country apart while clinging to power in the midst of a roiling climate of chaos and confusion. Hers was the last generation to come of age before the economic collapse that occurred following the Corona pandemic in the late 1980s.

Unflinching examination of one woman's journey during the period when democracy fails and authoritarianism takes hold.Īfter an assault in her adolescence shatters Lauren's idyllic Minnesota childhood, she retreats into her own head as the United States falls apart around her.

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