Skip to content

David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair: Introduction by
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair: Introduction by Claire Messud Hardcover - 2008

by Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith (Translator); Introduction by Claire Messud

This one volume collects four of Nmirovskys earlier novels--all of them newly translated, and all, except "David Golder," available in English for the first time.


From the publisher

Readers everywhere were introduced to the work of Irne Nmirovsky through the publication of her long-lost masterpiece, Suite Franaise. But Suite Franaise was only the coda to the brief yet remarkably prolific career of this nearly forgotten, magnificent novelist. Here in one volume are four of Nmirovsky'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 Nirovsky'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 migrs 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 Franaise.

Details

  • Title David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair: Introduction by Claire Messud
  • Author Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith (Translator); Introduction by Claire Messud
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 408
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Everyman's Library, New York
  • Date January 15, 2008
  • Features Bookmark, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780307267085 / 0307267083
  • Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.84 x 1.13 in (20.17 x 14.83 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Paris (France), Soviet Union - History - Revolution,
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

“Stunning . . . [Némirovsky] wrote, for all to read at last, some of the greatest, most humane and incisive fiction that conflict has produced.”
New York Times Book Review

“Némirovsky’s scope is like that of Tolstoy: she sees the fullness of humanity and its tenuous arrangements and manages to put them together with a tone that is affectionate, patient, and relentlessly honest.”
O, The Oprah Magazine

“Extraordinary . . . Némirovsky achieve[s] her penetrating insights with Flaubertian objectivity.”
The Washington Post Book World

“Brilliant . . . [Némirovsky wrote] with supreme lucidity [and] expressed with great emotional precision her understanding of the country that betrayed her.”
The Nation

[Némirovsky had] an alert eye for self-deceit, a tender regard for the natural world, and a forlorn gift for describing the crumbling, sliding descent of an entire society into catastrophic disorder.”
London Review of Books

“Transcendent, astonishing . . . Like Anne Frank, Irène Némirovsky was unaware . . . that she might not survive. And still, she writes to us.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“A novelist of the very first order, perceptive and sly in her emotional restraint.”
Evening Standard (London)

Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2008, Page 38
  • Books & Culture, 03/01/2012, Page 30
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/15/2007, Page 1173
  • New York Times Book Review, 03/09/2008, Page 16
  • Newsweek, 01/21/2008, Page 82
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/19/2007, Page 35

About the author

Irne Nmirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903 into a wealthy banking family and emigrated to France during the Russian Revolution. After attending the Sorbonne in Paris she began to write and swiftly achieved success with DAVID GOLDER, which was followed by more than a dozen other books. Throughout her lifetime she published widely in French newspapers and literary journals. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. More than sixty years later, Suite Franaise, was published posthumously, for the first time, in 2006.Claire Messud is the award-winning author of four works of fiction: When the World Was Steady, The Hunters, The Last Life, and, most recently, The Emperor's Children.
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

David Golder, The Ball, Snow In Autumn, The Courilof Affair

David Golder, The Ball, Snow In Autumn, The Courilof Affair

by Nemirovsky, Irene

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Benson, Arizona, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$6.76
NZ$9.29 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
NY: Everyman's Library, 2008. First Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 363 pp. Introduction by Claire Messud. Red cloth, ribbon marker. Translated from the French by Sandra Smith. Everyman's Library 308. Binding tight, text clean. Ribbon market slightly frayed.
Item Price
NZ$6.76
NZ$9.29 shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary...
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

by Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith [Translator]; Claire Messud [Introduction];

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$8.45
NZ$8.43 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf, 2008-01-15. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, remainder mark, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders
Item Price
NZ$8.45
NZ$8.43 shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair

by Nemirovsky, V

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$8.73
NZ$6.72 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York, NY: Everyman's Library, 2008. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 363 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text free of markings.
Item Price
NZ$8.73
NZ$6.72 shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary...
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

by Irene Nemirovsky

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$9.49
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Item Price
NZ$9.49
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary...
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

by Irene Nemirovsky

  • Used
Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$9.49
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
Item Price
NZ$9.49
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair

David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair

by Irene Nemirovsky

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Seattle, Washington, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$10.81
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Item Price
NZ$10.81
FREE shipping to USA
David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair: Introduction by Claire Messud

David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair: Introduction by Claire Messud

by Nemirovsky, Irene

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
2
Seller
Seattle, Washington, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$10.81
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Everyman's Library, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Item Price
NZ$10.81
FREE shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair

by Irène Némirovsky

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good-
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Wake Forest , North Carolina, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$11.57
NZ$7.60 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
No writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket has no rips. Not a remainder.
Item Price
NZ$11.57
NZ$7.60 shipping to USA
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by Irene Nemirovsky; Translator-Sandra Smith

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used: Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$13.13
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Everyman's Library, 2008-01-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.
Item Price
NZ$13.13
FREE shipping to USA
David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair : Introduction by Claire Messud
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair : Introduction by Claire Messud

by Nemirovsky, Irene

  • Used
Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 13
9780307267085
ISBN 10
0307267083
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$16.45
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Random House, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Item Price
NZ$16.45
FREE shipping to USA