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The Fires of Autumn
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The Fires of Autumn Paperback - 2014

by Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith (Translator)

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IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, Le Bal, The Courilof Affair, All Our Worldly Goods and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, such as the posthumously published Suite Française and Fire in the Blood. The Dogs and the Wolves, now appearing for the first time in English, was published in France in spring 1940, just months before France fell to the Nazis. She was prevented from publishing when the Germans occupied France and moved with her husband and two small daughters from Paris to the safety of the small village of Issy-l'Evêque (in German occupied territory). It was here that Irène began writing Suite Française. She died in Auschwitz in 1942.

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  • Title The Fires of Autumn
  • Author Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chatto & Windus
  • Date 2014-12-23
  • ISBN 9780701186609 / 0701186607
  • Dewey Decimal Code 843.912

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IRENE NEMIROVSKY was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of "David Golder, Le Bal, The Courilof Affair, All Our Worldly Goods" and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, such as the posthumously published "Suite Francaise" and "Fire in the Blood. The Dogs and the Wolves," now appearing for the first time in English, was published in France in spring 1940, just months before France fell to the Nazis. She was prevented from publishing when the Germans occupied France and moved with her husband and two small daughters from Paris to the safety of the small village of Issy-l'Eveque (in German occupied territory). It was here that Irene began writing "Suite Francaise." She died in Auschwitz in 1942."
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Chatto & Windus, London, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 229 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Fires of Autumn was written in the last two years of Irene Nemirovsky's life, after she fled Paris in 1940. The prequel to her masterpiece, Suite Francaise, it is a panoramic exploration of French life and a witness to the greatest horrors of the twentieth century. After four years of bloody warfare Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. No more the naive hopes and dreams of the teenager who went to war. Attracted by the lure of money and success, Bernard embarks on a… Read More
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