The Fires of Autumn by Nemirovsky Irene

The Fires of Autumn by Nemirovsky Irene

After four years of bloody warfare Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. No more the naive hopes and dreams of the teenager who went to war. Attracted by the lure of money and success, Bernard embarks on a life of luxuriant delinquency supported by suspect financial dealings and easy virtue.

Admirers of Nemirovsky’s Suite Française…won’t want to miss this novel -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times *
Beautiful…Powerful…Poignant * Independent *
Revelatory… gripping and illuminating * Sunday Times *
One puts it down with unqualified admiration… This fine novel will further enhance Irene Nemirovsky’s name -- John Sutherland * The Times *
This astute novel is witness to an undeniable literary talent tragically cut short -- Sonia Zhuravlyova * Lady *

Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, All Our Worldly Goods, The Dogs and the Wolves and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, such as the posthumously published Suite Française and Fire in the Blood. She was prevented from publishing when the Germans occupied France and moved with her husband and two small daughters from Paris to the safety of the small village of Issy-l'Evêque (in German occupied territory). It was here that Irène began writing Suite Française. She died in Auschwitz in 1942.

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ISBN 13	9780701186593
ISBN 10	0701186593
Title	The Fires of Autumn
Author	Nemirovsky Irene
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2014-11-06
Number of pages	240
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