Suite française a novel
Némirovsky, Irène 1903-1942
Suite française a novel Irène Némirovsky, translated by Sandra Smith - 1st Vintage International edition May 2007 - 431 pages map 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Translated by Sandra Smith
Storm in June --Dolce --Irène Némirovsky's handwritten notes on the situation in France and her plans for Suite Française, taken from her notebooks --Correspondence 1936-1945 --Preface to the French edition. "Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, this books tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. 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"--
9781400096275 1400096278
Némirovsky, Irène 1903-1942 --Correspondence
Némirovsky, Irène
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 ; France ; Fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
History
Personal correspondence
Historical fiction
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction
France
France ; History ; 1940-1945, German occupation ; Fiction
Fiktionale Darstellung
PQ2627.E4
843/.912
Fiction
Suite française a novel Irène Némirovsky, translated by Sandra Smith - 1st Vintage International edition May 2007 - 431 pages map 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Translated by Sandra Smith
Storm in June --Dolce --Irène Némirovsky's handwritten notes on the situation in France and her plans for Suite Française, taken from her notebooks --Correspondence 1936-1945 --Preface to the French edition. "Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, this books tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. 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"--
9781400096275 1400096278
Némirovsky, Irène 1903-1942 --Correspondence
Némirovsky, Irène
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 ; France ; Fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
History
Personal correspondence
Historical fiction
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction
France
France ; History ; 1940-1945, German occupation ; Fiction
Fiktionale Darstellung
PQ2627.E4
843/.912
Fiction