Suite francaise (French, Paperback)

Suite Fran?aise is an extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation - recently discovered and published 64 years after the author's death in Auschwitz. In the early 1940s, Ir?ne N?mirovsky was a successful writer living in Paris. But she was also Jewish, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. Her two small daughters, aged 5 and 13, escaped, carrying with them, in a small suitcase, the manuscript - one of the great first-hand novelistic accounts of a way of life unravelling. Part One, "A Storm in June," is set in the chaos of the tumultuous exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion. As the German army approaches, Parisians seize what belongings they can and flee the city, the wealthy and the poor alike searching for means to escape. Thrown together under circumstances beyond their control, a group of families and individuals with nothing in common but the harsh demands of survival find themselves facing the annihilation of their world, and human natu

General

Imprint:	Gallimard
Country of origin:	France
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	Irene Nemirovsky
Dimensions:	179 x 109 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	573
ISBN-13:	978-2-07-033676-0
Languages:	French
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	2-07-033676-X
Barcode:	9782070336760

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!