Suite Francaise

Suite Francaise Irène Némirovsky-Paperback..Vintage,MAY 2007. 1ST vintage international ed.

Paperback. Very Good +Oversize paperback book-was a national bestseller cover is glossy, minimal wear , Some tanning. glued spine is intact / solid....I really enjoyed this, that period in time I have all was found be intriguing. About the book- Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men & women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy in their town, their homes, even in their hearts...When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris.She was also a Jew, 1942 she was arrested - deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden - unknown. about the author, Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903 into a wealthy banking family & emigrated to France during the Russian Revolution. After attending the Sorbonne, she began to write & swiftly achieved success with her first novel, David Golder, which was followed by The Ball, The Flies of Autumn, Dogs and Wolves - The Courilof Affair. She died in 1942... Title Suite Française : a novel Vintage International Series Author Irène Némirovsky Translated by Sandra Smith Edition reprint Pub.Random House LLC, 2007 ISBN 1400096278, 9781400096275 - 431 pages Subjects Fiction Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary ....LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit.....7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer....alpha front 792 ZULU