Fugitive Colors

A Novel

De: Lisa Barr

Narrado por: Jonathan Davis

Fugitive Colors is a gripping debut novel of an artist's indomitable vengeance after World War II. Julian Klein, a young American artist, rebels against his religious upbringing and is eager for the artistic freedom of 1930s Paris. He flees Chicago only to find himself consumed by a world in which a paintbrush is far more lethal than a gun. An artist turned spy, Julian at the same time competes with jealous inferior artists who feverishly attempt to destroy those with true talent. Love, friendship, betrayal, and passion, as Julian learns, are never black and white.

Like an abstract painting, Julian's turbulent journey is emotionally charged as he tries to save his friends and salvage some of the most beloved pieces of modern art - including his own. The story of Julian and his friends' artistic endeavors is inspired by a harrowing and little-known historical truth: the official Nazi exhibition of "Degenerate Art," which opened in Munich on July 19, 1937, one day after the first Great German Art Exhibition. Lisa Barr's unrelenting prose brings to life artists who were made to endure miserable oppression - sometimes death - under the brutal Nazi regime. This is an audiobook of suspense, love, mystery, and, above all, the power of art.

©2013 Lisa Barr (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

• Gold medal for Literary Fiction 2014, Independent Book Publisher Awards

Amazing!

What a beautifully written story! Looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.

TAKE ME AWAY!

Engrossing read, thrill-packed, and just what I needed on the UW Covid Unit. Anne Smokler

it was a page turner!

It was a different kind of war story and i loved it! Highly recommend! Actors also did a great job!

avant garde art world in the 30s

loved this story and the narrator...a surprise since I thought I had enough in the WW11 genre....intriguing look at avant garde art in the 1930s and the impact of Hitlers rise to power upon it.

A Great Listen

This is an excellent story with very interesting characters during an important time. The narrated is excellent and I learned something about art.

Outstanding book!

What a beautiful, yet tragic story so well written and narrated. I couldn’t stop listening. One of the top books I have read on audible. Wow!

phenominal book

Would you listen to Fugitive Colors again? Why?

Such a beautiful story. Not many thrillers can make you cry. This book hits on every emotion. The reader was sensational.

Hear this if you are an artist, or love art

Take a deep dive into the hearr of painting, and experience how the need to paint can transport the artist. Then learn how the same impulse can twist people into revenge and madness.

I learned so much about why the Nazis turned on modernist painters, and the lengths they went to as they destroyed and exploited art and artists. I knew they had stolen a great deal of art but wasn't aware of the breadth of the stealing and the treachery involved. This is a fictional account - many of the artists mentioned didn't exist - but it captures the spirit behind the actions.

The writing is engrossing, though I had to put it aside after reading some sections just to take a breath, before jumping back into the callous horror of the Nazi regime. It cuts too close to what we're experiencing in the US and other countries right now.

Hearing Julian's thoughts about painting gave me a new appreciation of avant-garde art of the 1920s and 30s.

This is a book I won't forget.

Great storyline

Great storyline especially the beginning and end. The middle just a little Hemingway like; a flat diary of events. Overall, very rewarding read.

Emotional book❤️

I couldn’t quit listening. Characters were very real and story both poignant and interesting. A realistic snap shot of wartime Germany