David Golder
by Irene Nemirovsky
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0753179679
- ISBN 13
- 9780753179673
- Seller
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Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
Originally published in 1929, this is the remarkably assured tale of an elderly Jewish businessman who has sold his soul.
Born into poverty on the Black Sea, David Golder has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. As he works in his magnificent Parisian apartment, his wife and beloved daughter, Joyce, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder's security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning to show the strain. As his body betrays him, so too do his wife and child, leaving him to decide to pursue revenge or altruism?
A page-turningly chilling and brilliant portrait of the frenzied capitalism of the 1920s and a universal parable about the mirage of wealth.
Originally published in 1929, this is the remarkably assured tale of an elderly Jewish businessman who has sold his soul.
Born into poverty on the Black Sea, David Golder has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. As he works in his magnificent Parisian apartment, his wife and beloved daughter, Joyce, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder's security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning to show the strain. As his body betrays him, so too do his wife and child, leaving him to decide to pursue revenge or altruism?
A page-turningly chilling and brilliant portrait of the frenzied capitalism of the 1920s and a universal parable about the mirage of wealth.
Synopsis
David Golder is writer Irène Némirovsky's first novel. It was recently re-issued following the popularity of the newly-discovered masterpiece Suite Française, written by Némirovsky whilst in hiding in France during the Second World War. David Golder was published in France in 1929 and won instant acclaim for the 26-year-old author.
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Details
- Seller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks250
- Title
- David Golder
- Author
- Irene Nemirovsky
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0753179679
- ISBN 13
- 9780753179673
- Publisher
- ISIS Publishing Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- trene nemirovsky, david golder, family saga novel, jewish, sold, soul, gold, oil, revenge, altruism, chilling, capitalism, parable, mirage, wealth, large print,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel; Historical; Family Saga;
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