Name: Suite Francaise
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Author: Nemirovsky, Irene
ISBN: 9781400096275

Type

Physical Book

Author

Irène Némirovsky

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5 x 13.4 x 2.4 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

1400096278

ISBN13

9781400096275

Synopsis "Suite Francaise"

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War II--a heartrending "portrait of a small French town under seige, and the people trying to survive, even to live, as Hitler's horrors march closer and closer to their doors" (New York). "Stunning.... A tour de force." --The New York Times Book ReviewBeginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, as Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy--in their town, their homes, even in their hearts. When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.

Irène Némirovsky

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Irène Némirovsky (Kiev, 11 de febrero de 1903-campo de concentración de Auschwitz, 17 de agosto de 1942) fue una escritora nacida en el Imperio Ruso que vivió en Francia desde su juventud y escribió en francés. Fue deportada a Alemania bajo leyes raciales por su origen judío, aunque se había convertido al catolicismo en 1939, y murió en Auschwitz a los 39 años.

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