Irne nmirovsky sandra smith (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 403 pages. inside cover and page edge foxed, text tanned, pencil name on inside coverIn 1941, Irne Nmirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnit ude of what she was living through by evoking the domestic lives and personal tr ials of the ordinary citizens of France. Nmirovsky's death in Auschwitz in 1942 prevented her from seeing the day, sixty-five years later, that the existing two sections of her planned novel sequence, Suite Franaise, would be rediscovered a nd hailed as a masterpiece. Set during the year that France fell to the Nazis, S uite Franaise falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a grou p of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; the second follows the inhabitant s of a small rural community under occupation. Suite Franaise is a novel that te ems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. However, amidst th e mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobi lity and love exist, but often in surprising places.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 416 pages. Cover worn, Text lightly tanned, Foxing. In 1941, Irène Némirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the ma gnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and politicians, but by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. She did not live to see her ambition fulfilled, or to know that sixty -five years later, Suite Franaise would be published for the first time, and hai led as a masterpiece Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Naz is in June 1940 and ends with Germany turning its attention to Russia, Suite Fra naise falls into two parts. of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion and make their way through the chao s of France; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Nmi rovsky's brilliance as a writer lay in her portrayal of people, and this is a no vel that teems with wonderful characters, each more vivid than the next. Haughty aristocrats, bourgeois bankers and snobbish aesthetes rub shoulders with uncout h workers and bolshy farmers. Women variously resist or succumb to the charms of German soldiers. However, amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places. art novel. It was to be a symphony - her War and Peace. Although only two sectio ns were finished before her tragic death, they form a book that is beautifully c omplete in itself, and awe-inspiring in its understanding of humanity.…