Translated by Herma Briffault. Dust jacket art by William Metzig. Originally published as "La Fontaine Medici" by Gallimard in 1950. The story of Paris after 1913 and the false security that develpoed as people once more began to think that their way of life, their habits, their little universe would endure for generations. In five catastrophic years, that complacent world was irrevocably destroyed. The loss was reflected in the experiences of one family, the Dalleaus.
Used availability for Joseph Kessel's The Medici Fountain