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Readers everywhere were introduced to the work of Irène Némirovsky through the publication of her long-lost masterpiece, Suite Française. But Suite Française was only the coda to the brief yet remarkably prolific career of this nearly forgotten, magnificent novelist. Here in one volume are four of Némirovsky’s other novels–all of them newly translated by the award-winning Sandra Smith, and all, except DAVID GOLDER, available in English for the first time.
DAVID GOLDER is the novel that established Néirovsky’s reputation in France in 1929 when she was twenty-six. It is a novel about greed and lonliness, the story of a self-made business man, once wealthy, now suffering a breakdown as he nears the lonely end of his life. THE COURILOF AFFAIR tells the story of a Russian revolutionary living out his last days–and his recollections of his first infamous assassination. Also included are two short, gemlike novels: THE BALL, a pointed exploration of adolescence and the obsession with status among the bourgeoisie; and SNOW IN AUTUMN, an evocative tale of White Russian émigrés in Paris after the Russian Revolution.
Introduced by celebrated novelist Claire Messud, this collection of four spellbinding novels offers the same storytelling mastery, powerful clarity of language, and empathic grasp of human behavior that would give shape to Suite Française.
Readers everywhere were introduced to the work of Irène Némirovsky through the publication of her long-lost masterpiece, Suite Française. But Suite Française was only the coda to the brief yet remarkably prolific career of this nearly forgotten, magnificent novelist. Here in one volume are four of Némirovsky’s other novels–all of them newly translated by the award-winning Sandra Smith, and all, except DAVID GOLDER, available in English for the first time.
DAVID GOLDER is the novel that established Néirovsky’s reputation in France in 1929 when she was twenty-six. It is a novel about greed and lonliness, the story of a self-made business man, once wealthy, now suffering a breakdown as he nears the lonely end of his life. THE COURILOF AFFAIR tells the story of a Russian revolutionary living out his last days–and his recollections of his first infamous assassination. Also included are two short, gemlike novels: THE BALL, a pointed exploration of adolescence and the obsession with status among the bourgeoisie; and SNOW IN AUTUMN, an evocative tale of White Russian émigrés in Paris after the Russian Revolution.
Introduced by celebrated novelist Claire Messud, this collection of four spellbinding novels offers the same storytelling mastery, powerful clarity of language, and empathic grasp of human behavior that would give shape to Suite Française.
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I fell in love with Irene style since I first picked up her "Suite Francaise" book.When I saw this interesting bundled book holding many of her novels I was curious to check them out and boy I was not disappointed at all. I strongly recommend it to all who like me are exceptionally fascinated by this author. Pages and hours fly by without any tiresome act.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I have to thank my husband for introducing me to the work of Irene Nemirovsky and also the translator for showing such skill and care in so deftly transferring the nuances and delicate phrasing of this supreme author. David Golder was my favourite, although each story had its' own merits and atmosphere which dictated the pace and style of each story. I spent most of Christmas with my nose deeply buried in this wonderfully book - so evocative of that era.
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To my mind, Irene Nemirovsky's best work was the unfinished but now thankfully published 'Suite Francaise', as her real-life struggle during the writing of that book added a haunting aspect to the story, which itself is amazing, distressing and compelling. Irene was a fantastic writer, there is no doubt of this, but I simply enjoyed the subject matter and pace of Suite Francaise more. However if you have already read Suite Francaise then by all means you will probably enjoy these books too.
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