Book Overview
The author of The Presence, The Maestro, and Promises to Keep offers a fascinating story blending a family epic with mystery and romance. A war-torn Polish family comes to terms with their circumstances and the choices that have separated them for 50 years.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1556612443
ISBN13:9781556612442
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:Bethany House Publishers
Length:344 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Age Range:3 years and up
Grade Range:Preschool and higher
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Florian's Gate
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
One of the best Christian novels I have read. Deep message is parallel to "florian's gate", for all of us. The entire trilogy, of which this is first, was fascinating and compelling for me-I had so little information about life, and Chriatian life, in the eastern block of Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Absolutley exceptional.
One of the author's best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I first picked this book up years ago while working at a religious book store and found I could not put it down. Bunn's pictures of post-Soviet Eastern Europe are breathtaking and have remained incredibly vivid in my memory for years. The protagonist is immediately sympathetic and interesting as a young man already bored with his life and looking for something beyond the every day. I identified with Jeffrey Sinclair the first time I read the book, and I identify even more strongly today as a twenty-something businesswoman. Equally gripping are the backdrops Bunn paints of London's high-end antique trade, Poland's back streets, and everything in between. I think that Bunn must have loved Warsaw to write about it in such vivid colors. The other books in the series are worth reading as well, but this remains my favorite. I recommend it without hesitation.
A well-researched novel!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Bunn's marriage to a Polish woman is reflected in this novel's treatment of post-communist Poland. His characters are adequately developed, and although the plot is not gripping, in truth it doesn't have to be. Life in Poland and other eastern European countries just after the fall of communism is highly intriguing without fictionalization. Bunn does an excellent job of weaving documentary research into an interesting story-line. As mentioned, his Polish wife and her contacts in Poland helped immensely in this task. His book exhibits a genuine love for Poland, and if you are interested in a good story, that also teaches a little modern history - good choice.
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