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Irene Nemirovsky: Her Life And Works Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Weiss, Jonathan
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- Hardcover
This short critical biography by an expert on contemporary French literature is a fine introduction to the work of Irene Nemirovsky, author of "Suite Fran
aise," who died in Auschwitz in 1942.
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- Title Irene Nemirovsky: Her Life And Works
- Author Weiss, Jonathan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2006-09-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0804754810.G
- ISBN 9780804754811 / 0804754810
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.32 x 0.73 in (23.47 x 16.05 x 1.85 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006017052
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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On July 13, 1942, French gendarmes arrested Irene Nemirovsky in southern Burgundy. She was deported to Auschwitz where she died on August 19. Who was this woman, author of more than a dozen popular novels and more than thirty short stories, whose posthumous novel, Suite Francaise, won France's prestigious Renaudot prize in 2004? Born in Russia to wealthy parents, Irene Nemirovsky immigrated to Paris in 1919. Although she was Jewish, she consorted with authors and politicians on the extreme right, some of whom were openly anti-Semitic. She was sure that these friends would protect her from deportation after the Nazis invaded France. Instead, they abandoned her. Yet she never lost faith in France, even after she was refused French nationality. In this fascinating biography, Jonathan Weiss analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a unique way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of a persecuted people.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 08/15/2006, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 07/17/2006, Page 146
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2007, Page 286
- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2007, Page 1