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Fire in the Blood (Hardcover)

by Irene Nemirovsky (Author), Sandra Smith (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Chatto & Windus; First Edition edition (27 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0701181834
  • ISBN-13: 978-0701181833
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 137,037 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Independent on Sunday

`a miniature masterpiece...the beauty of the prose...fatalistic reflections of her ingenious story make this a sad, compelling read'


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`A literary find of the same quality as Suite Francaise.'
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, 24 Aug 2008
By Boof (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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What a wonderful book. Lyrical and atmospheric, this book is a story told by Silvio about his family in the early last century who live in a little village in rural France. What starts out gently and as a story of great love between the various family members quickly descends into secrets, lies, betrayal and grief.

I picked this book up this morning and read the first page to see how I liked it and before I knew it I have read the whole things while barely pausing for breath. A lovely book and I shall certainly be reading more by this author.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fine novel by Nemirovsky, if probably unfinished, 22 Aug 2008
By Andres C. Salama (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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Irene Nemirovsky's short novel, written before her arrest and subsequent death in Auschwitz in 1942, was considered lost (there was a partial text of the first pages) and was only found on 2007 (!). Nevertheless, everything indicates this is not the final draft, and had she lived to publish it a different version would have arrived to us. The book itself is a tale of secret passions in a French small town. The arrival of Silvio, a single man in his sixties, to his home town, after a lifetime of living abroad, lets secrets hidden under the cover of normalcy and boredom out of the closet; a lot of it it's beguiling, but it also feels incomplete: for example, the relationship between Silvio and Brigitte (fundamental, given what we find in the book's last pages) is curiously underworked: this lets me to think we should consider this book to be an unfinished work. Despite this, it is another fine work by the Russian-born Jewish-raised French author, whose books have gone through a revival in the last few years.
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful read, another Nemirovsky masterpiece, 16 April 2008
After reading Suite Francaise, which I absolutely LOVED, I was a little bit anxious that this other "new" book (that found the day of light after so many years in oblivion) will not fulfil my expectations...but the hell it did, what a brilliant book!

Although it is way too short, and it is obvious that Ms Nemirovsky intended to write a lot more, fortunately the plot is quite coherent and you could imagine where she was going to with it. Nevertheless, I felt the same rage and frustration I experienced with Suite Francaise of never being able to read the finished product, due to the author's untimely death. I am delighted anyway that it has been published in spite of all these shortcomings, as it has been a crime that such a beautiful book has been hidden away for so many years. And unfinished or not, it is always a pleasure to read anything from Irene Nemirovsky. It brings tears to my eyes to realise her voice was extinguished way too early and we have been denied the honour of reading more of her fantastic books.

This book is a gem, I just love Ms Nemirovsky's style, it is so well written, her vivid description of the French country live is a delight to read. It is a very sarcastic and sharp critic to the sometimes petty and particular ways of the peasant mentality. The plot has so many clever twists; I could not put it down. Something I particularly loved about it was how masterfully the author mirrored the past and the present, showing how the more things change the more they stay the same.

A must read. Thank you Ms Nemirovsky, I'll eternally be a fan.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fire in the Blood
This is the second Irene Nemirovsky novel I have read: each translated into English. Amazing first hand knowledge from this author.
Published 9 days ago by Mrs. C. B. Carter

5.0 out of 5 stars masterful
This wonderful novella will surely become a classic. I would rate it more highly than the second section of Nemirofsky's 'Suite Francaise', which like this is set in the French... Read more
Published 2 months ago by maryleopard

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of a book!
Fire in the Blood is set in a small village based on Issy-l'Eveque between the two world wars. The narrator is Silvio looking back on his life and gradually secrets that have long... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Em Owens

4.0 out of 5 stars A gem
I loved `Suite Française' so was really looking forward to reading this other lost gem from Irène Némirovsky. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Suzie

5.0 out of 5 stars The Age of Hypocrisy
As with Suite Francais I was hooked from the first page - exquisitly written. Set in rural Burgundy the story is told by Silvio - one-time traveller - a prodigal son who, by his... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lotus Eater

3.0 out of 5 stars Another gem from Irene
Irene shows us through this book her deep understanding of human nature in French society and culture. Read more
Published 10 months ago by D. Glowacki

4.0 out of 5 stars Bijou novel about the passions and betrayals of the french peasantry
A great little novel - apparently a fragment found by her children. Its fragmentariness shows, but it's not worse for that. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jezza

5.0 out of 5 stars Silvio frequently muses about youthful passion
I just got done reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, and picked up a copy of Fire in the Blood. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jennifer Bateman

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing , Charming (2 thumbs Up)
I picked up this book long after reading "Suite Francaise".After I read its book description on Amazon I could not wait for my local Bookstore to have this book available so I... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Maroun H. Khoury

5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem of a book
At first the book seems to be a gentle story of French rural life and then, about half way through the book, the narrative erupts into one of crime and passion and one is... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Bluebell

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