Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky

She did not live to see her ambition fulfilled, or to know that sixty-five years later, Suite Francaise would be published for the first time, and hailed as a masterpiece Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ends with Germany turning its attention to Russia, Suite Francaise falls into two parts.

A masterpiece * Sunday Times *
Quite outstanding, full of beauty, pain and truth -- Anne Chisholm * Sunday Telegraph *
An irresistible workSuite Francaise clutches the heart -- Carmen Callil * The Times *
The work of a genuine artist -- Julian Barnes * Guardian *
Magnificent * The Times *

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 . 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. Translated by Sandra Smith.

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ISBN 13	9780701179939
ISBN 10	0701179937
Title	Suite Francaise
Author	Irène Némirovsky
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2006-03-02
Number of pages	416
Prizes	Runner-up for Reading Group Book of the Year 2007, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2007, Short-listed for British Book Awards: Book of the Year 2007
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