Suite Francaise - Softcover

"A masterpiece" (Sunday Times)

"Quite outstanding, full of beauty, pain and truth" (Anne Chisholm Sunday Telegraph)

"An irresistible work. Suite Francaise clutches the heart" (Carmen Callil The Times)

"The work of a genuine artist" (Julian Barnes Guardian)

"Magnificent" (The Times)

In June 1940 France fell to the Nazis. The effects of this momentous event on the lives of ordinary Parisians and the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation are brilliantly explored in Irène Némirovsky's gripping and heartbreaking novel. Némirovsky herself was a tragic victim of the Nazi regime but she left behind her this exceptional masterpiece. In Suite Française she conjures up a vivid cast of wonderful characters who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Amidst the mess of defeat, true nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places.