Fire in the Blood (Audio)
Irène Némirovsky (1903-42) penned a novel that is perhaps the first literary work written about World War II, but it remained unpublished for more than 60 years. When her unfinished Suite Française was finally released, it became an international bestseller. Another novel, this one complete, has...
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Irène Némirovsky (1903-42) penned a novel that is perhaps the first literary work written about World War II, but it remained unpublished for more than 60 years. When her unfinished Suite Française was finally released, it became an international bestseller. Another novel, this one complete, has now surfaced. Fire in the Blood is set in a small village, based on Issy l'Evèque, where Suite Française was written. With a deft hand, Némirovsky renders personal conflicts and hidden motives in this rural peasant community, some of which prefigure those of Suite Française. A significant work by a Jewish writer who died of typhus at Auschwitz.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780739357774 (0739357778)
Publish date: September 25th 2007
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Nemirovsky proves again why she is a literary genius. "Fire in the blood, how quickly it burns out". The story is insightful, passionate and altogether too short.
What a heartbreaker! And what's she doing with the structure? Note to self: map this book out. Seriously, this is one of the best novels I've read in YEARS. Thanks, Franny!
"Fire in the blood, how quickly it burns out." This extremely short novel is narrated by Silvio. He spent most of his life roaming the world and having exotic mistresses. Now he has come home to roost in a hovel near a small French village. Looking back on his life, he wonders why he ever felt th...
Silvio has returned to his homeland after many years’ absence. He is generally a recluse, but he does spend time with a few friends and relatives from his past, including his cousin Helene and her daughter Colette and his neighbor Declos. Silvio is now an old man and he observes his younger friends ...
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