The New Internationals
The New Internationals by David Wright Faladé is a novel published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 2025, featuring 304 pages in English. Set in post-war Paris in 1947, the story intertwines a coming-of-age narrative with a cross-cultural romance, capturing a pivotal moment in contemporary history as the city grapples with the aftermath of Nazi occupation and a struggling economy.
Readers will encounter Cecile Rosenbaum, a young woman from a Jewish family, as she navigates her new reality alongside Minette Traoré, a spirited girl of Senegalese descent, and Sebastien Danxomè, an aspiring architect from West Africa. The novel explores their experiences in the vibrant Latin Quarter, where budding romances and complex loyalties unfold against the backdrop of political awakening and cultural traditions. The New Internationals presents a nuanced portrayal of the international youth of the time, reflecting on their aspirations for a better world amidst the challenges they face.
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A stunning novel of post-war Paris that interweaves a coming-of-age story, a cross-cultural romance, and a portrait of the international youth at a definitive moment in contemporary history
Paris, 1947. The city, recovering from the Nazi occupation, suffers from an economy in shambles and an unraveled social fabric. Alongside the wary and war-weary population, American GIs and young people from France’s colonies also pack the city. Cecile Rosenbaum, from a bourgeois Jewish family that has lost everything, meets Minette Traoré, a feisty, French-born girl of Senegalese descent, on the bus to a Communist Youth Conference. There, she also meets Sebastien Danxomè, an aspiring architecture student from West Africa, and romance blooms.
Back in Paris, as these young internationals haunt the cafés and jazz clubs of the Latin Quarter, Cecile and Sebastien find their budding love muddied by confused loyalties and unyielding cultural traditions. When Mack Gray, a charming African-American GI, sets his sights on Cecile, her complicated relationship with Sebastien, as well as her fierce dedication to her newfound political ideologies, are pushed to the brink.
Nuanced, powerful, and sharply realized, The New Internationals chronicles the post-war awakening and the young women and men who rose up – and came together – in the beginnings of a vibrant political moment, trying to imagine a better world.
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