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'In its respectfulness and its dense poetic asides, beautifully translated by Euan Cameron, this tremendous biography is also very French' --Daily Telegraph, February 2010
You Really Must Read --Sunday Times Culture
`An important contribution to understanding a complex, painful but ultimately triumphant story'. --The Sunday Telegraph
`... a memorable portrait of a strong, determined, sarcastic and humorous woman.' -- Literary Review
'Phillipponnat and Lienhardt scrupulously examine the extent to which Nemirovksy mined her own life and parental relationships for her fiction.' -- Metro
'... lavish in style and high in ambition.'
-- The Times
`The tragic life of the Suite Française'. --The Sunday Times
You Really Must Read --Sunday Times Culture
`An important contribution to understanding a complex, painful but ultimately triumphant story'. --The Sunday Telegraph
`... a memorable portrait of a strong, determined, sarcastic and humorous woman.' -- Literary Review
'Phillipponnat and Lienhardt scrupulously examine the extent to which Nemirovksy mined her own life and parental relationships for her fiction.' -- Metro
'... lavish in style and high in ambition.'
-- The Times
`The tragic life of the Suite Française'. --The Sunday Times
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A remarkable, panoramic biography of the author of Suite Française, a moving portrait of a woman and of her extraordinary times, and a sweeping saga of a turbulent period of European history, holding up a mirror to the world of publishing, intellectual thought, society and the darker shadow of prejudice between the wars.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tough going,
By Ms. Bernardi (Italy/California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Life of Irene Nemirovsky: 1903-1942 (Hardcover)
Having read numerous books by Nemirovsky, I was certainly anticipating this book. Composed by using secondary materials including excerpts from her books, this "biography" is a heavy read and not worth that hard cover price of the book. Frankly, after a number of months of reading a chapter or a portion of a chapter at a time, I am still trying to finish it. Not worthy of an exceptional writer.
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French society before WWII,
This review is from: The Life of Irene Nemirovsky: 1903-1942 (Hardcover)
A story of how people who leave family, friends and their culture behind in one country, live in another culture. This story happens to take place between the Russian Revolution and WWII. As always with people who live in different countries, there are the issues of adapting, adopting and acceptance. The latter comes terribly unstuck in the late 1930s and during WWII. The true story is a reminder of what people give-up and, in this case, escape when they leave their home country. Its a story also of the impact of childhood and parents on one's adult life and discrimination (before the horrors of WWII). The life story is interwoven with characters from Irene's novels - none of which I have read but the book is so well written, it didn't matter. This story is another reminder of how lucky some of us are because, 'there but for the grace of God walk I'. Beautifully written and the translation is superb - I could hardly put the book down.
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