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a bitter, angry book reflecting nastiness between Jews, as well as the prejudice they suffered...exposed with characteristic boldness
--The Times
`Written with tremendous assurance and finess...an outstanding achievement of European fiction.'
--Sunday Times
"...what moves the reader are Nemirovsky's exquisite descriptions of character, which reveal a brilliantly sharp eye..." --Saturday Telegraph, Lorna Bradbury
"...sharp-eyed, sour and completely engrossing."
--New Statesman, Alyssa McDonald
`Nemirovsky...makes this story as much a page-turner as anything she has written.' -- Guardian
"A sad and beautifully written tale..."
--Literary Review
"A sad and beautifully written tale" --Literary Review
"A poignant novel" --Books Quarterly
"most autobiographically illuminating and engrossing [of her novels] so far" --Sunday Times,
`It has a classic feel; a book to be revisited in the hope of finding more delights within.'
--Waterstone's Books Quarterly
--The Times
`Written with tremendous assurance and finess...an outstanding achievement of European fiction.'
--Sunday Times
"...what moves the reader are Nemirovsky's exquisite descriptions of character, which reveal a brilliantly sharp eye..." --Saturday Telegraph, Lorna Bradbury
"...sharp-eyed, sour and completely engrossing."
--New Statesman, Alyssa McDonald
`Nemirovsky...makes this story as much a page-turner as anything she has written.' -- Guardian
"A sad and beautifully written tale..."
--Literary Review
"A sad and beautifully written tale" --Literary Review
"A poignant novel" --Books Quarterly
"most autobiographically illuminating and engrossing [of her novels] so far" --Sunday Times,
`It has a classic feel; a book to be revisited in the hope of finding more delights within.'
--Waterstone's Books Quarterly
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A wonderful, panoramic novel and an achingly poignant love story that goes back to Irène Némirovsky's roots, from the bestselling author of Suite Française.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Another fast-paced novel with great characters and psychological insight. This novel traces two sides of a Jewish family, one poor (the wolves), the other very rich (the dogs) as they move from the Ukraine at the turn of the 20th Century to Paris. Set against the backdrop of a love story, this book explores the complex relationships between Jews and Catholics, Jews and other Jews, and the French and immigrants. A great read and insight into the plight of foreigners in France in the 1920s and 30s. Beautifully written and it doesn't hammer home the ideas, just presents realistic characters in a subtle, sensitive way that makes you care about them.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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HAVING READ NEMIROVSKY'S OTHER PUBLISHED BOOK, I FOUND THIS EVOCATION OF THE JEWISH HISTORY AND THE DIVISIONS AND DIFFERENCES WITHIN THEIR RACE (NATURAL BUT OFTEN NOT CONSIDERED UNDER BLANKET CONDEMNATION/ADMIRATION), PLUS THE PAINFUL TRUTHS IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS/AMBITIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS, A REALLY THOUGHT PROVOKING ACCOUNT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although I would not rate it as high as Suite Francaise, this book is still an outstanding achievement describing inner life with finesse just like Ada Sinner paints her characters with enormous understanding of their personalities. Reminds me of the End of the Affair where Sarah Miles says "Love doesn't end, just because we don't see each other"
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The Dogs and the Wolves
Again a wonderful book by Nemirovsky. I simply loved it. After finishing it I could not take another book for 2 days. I needed to spend my time with Ada.
Published 6 months ago by Tanja G
Nemirovsky
Nemirovsky centres her novel around the artistically talented Ada Sinner, a child from a poor Jewish family in the Ukraine who, when the story opens in the early twentieth century,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mick Read
The Dogs and the Wolves
The story is another one on the plight of the Jews and the negativeness against them but with a difference because it also highlights the class differences within the Jewish... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. C. Dobson
One to miss.
This is not high quality literature. It is for the desperate. The protagonist, like all the other characters in this narrative are not explored or developed in any depth at all. Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Faris
Well worth a read
According to the translator of this book, the title alludes to a French saying about how it is difficult to tell the difference between dogs and wolves at dusk. Read more
Published 15 months ago by MartyMac
An excellent read
I bought this having read Suite Francaise. I found it hard to put down. The fate of Ada and all the other characters was compelling. A pity there isn't a sequel
Published 17 months ago by Long Tall Sally
superb
All the depth of human emotion from fear to love, jealousy and greed play across the sharply drawn characters in this tale of two sides of jewish life within and above the Ghetto. Read more
Published 18 months ago by JFB
Nemirovsky
Dogs and Wolves, like Nemirovsky's other works, reads as if unfinished or as if it needs embellishment. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Moxie
Not very exciting
I read this book as it was chosen by my book club for December - possibly because it has a Christmas look to it. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by holly_gl
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