Suite française

Informationen zum Autor Irene Nemirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903! the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist . She was prevented from publishing when the Germans occupied France and moved with her husband and two small daughters from Paris to the safety of the small village of Issy-l'Eveque (in German occupied territory). It was here that Irene began writing Suite Francaise. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. Translated by Sandra Smith. Klappentext In June 1940 France fell to the Nazis. This title explores the effect of this event on the lives of ordinary Parisians and the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. Zusammenfassung In June 1940 France fell to the Nazis. This title explores the effect of this event on the lives of ordinary Parisians and the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation.

Product details

• Authors: Irene Nemirovsky, Irène Némirovsky
• Assisted by: Sandra Smith (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2011
• EAN: 9780099563181
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956318-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage rainbow; Vintage rainbow
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature