Suite Francaise - Hardcover

Nemirovsky, Irene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400044731 ISBN 13: 9781400044733

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Published more than sixty years following the author's death at Auschwitz, a remarkable story of life under the Nazi occupation includes two parts--"A Storm in June, " set amid the chaotic 1940 exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion, and "Dolce," set in a German-occupied provincial village rife with jealousy, resentment, resistance, and collaboration. 75,000 first printing.

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Review:

`a very special novel, with an uncommonly moving story behind, as well as within its pages' -- The Independent

`beautifully written, humane and wise' -- Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

"Ecstatically received by French critics, and reawakened the controversy about wartime collaboration." -- London Review of Books

"Literary sensation of the year, magnificent." -- The Times

"[The] most universally praised book this year ... [Nemirovsky's]
unforgettable voice is all her own" -- Times

"an astonishing piece of work ... remarkable for being written at
the time of the events described" -- Spectator

"one book I have already given as a present this year" -- Harper's Bazaar

'...a searing depiction of France under German occupation, written in 1942 before her arrest and death in Auschwitz.' -- Radio Times

A `Book of the Year', as chosen by Jacqueline Rose. -- Jacqueline Rose, The Observer. *

`a triumph of both human indomitability and literary genius' -- Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times.

From the Publisher:

A major event – the first publication of a lost masterpiece written in 2nd WW France and telling the spellbinding story of a group of characters living under Nazi occupation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1400044731
• ISBN 13: 9781400044733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 395