Louis Begley

Jack Dana, a star history student at Yale with a bright future in academia, feels called to military service after 9/11....

Old-school lawyer Albert Schmidt has spent years carefully climbing the ladder of success. But now, at what should be the pinnacle of his career, his life is in chaos....

As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, nine-year-old Maciek's once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more....

Recently widowed, pushed into retirement by his law firm, at odds with his family, Albert Schmidt captivated readers with his cautious courage. Now he is facing ever mounting challenges of life, love, and age....

When we last saw Albert Schmidt Esq. (“Schmidtie” to all near and dear), he had been expelled from paradise....

The man who brutally murdered Uncle Harry is dead. In an effort to recover from the confrontation and collect himself, Jack takes refuge on Torcello, a small island in the Venetian lagoon....

A PEN/Hemingway Award winner, Louis Begley creates multi-faceted characters that come to life under the spell of his crystalline prose....

By turns humorous, nostalgic, and spellbinding, Venice for Lovers is a very private view of a place that will forever inspire dreams of love and passion....