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Irene Nemirovsky
ISBN: 9780099488781
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
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Donna Dickenson, author of Body Shopping, has selected ‘Suite Française’ as one of her favourite books of the decade.
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Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ending with Germany turning its attention to Russia, this book falls into two parts. It depicts a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; and follows the inhabitants of a rural community under occupation who find themselves thrown together in unexpected ways.
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 Irene Nemirovsky's gripping and heartbreaking novel. Nemirovsky herself was a tragic victim of the Nazi regime but she left behind her this exceptional masterpiece. In Suite Francaise she conjures up a vivid cast of wonderful characters who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places.
| ISBN | 0099488787 | | Pages | 416 | | ISBN13 | 9780099488781
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 276 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Language | English | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780701179939 | | Publication date | 30 Sep 2006 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Translator | Sandra Smith | | Width (mm) | 133 | | DEWEY | 843.912 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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