Dimanche and Other Stories (Vintage International)
A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite FrançaiseWritten between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and...
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A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite FrançaiseWritten between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307476364 (0307476367)
ASIN: 0307476367
Publish date: 2010-04-06
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 293
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
History,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Modern,
France,
World War II,
Short Stories,
Fiction,
Historical
I thoroughly savored this book of short stories from before & during WWII in France, which is something for me since i usually tear through books too quickly to truly savor them. But the writing was so careful and beautiful, and the stories so poignant, they refused to be rushed. Némirovsky was born...
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