City Of Light
Author: Lauren Belfer
City of Light is quite simply electrifying. Not that there’s anything simple about this rich novel, which is first and foremost an examination of illusion, invisibility, and power–physical and personal. Set in the spring of 1901, as preparations for the Pan-American Exposition would seem to promise Buffalo, New York, a permanent place in the world, Lauren Belfer’s book is….Read More
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