IRENE NEMIROVSKY Suite Francaise 2006 HB 1/1 DBLE SG'D

SUITE FRANCAISE written by IRENE NEMIROVSKY transcribed and edited by DENISE EPSTEIN translated into English by SANDRA SMITH. March 2006 Chatto & Windus hardcover, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY BOTH DENISE EPSTEIN & SANDRA SMITH. As New, Unread, FINE/FINE condition. THIS BOOK IS ALREADY INTO 5th PRINTS AND WILL BE MASSIVE. A TRUE MASTERPIECE ......ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF LITERATURE IN THE LAST 60 YEARS ....FINALLY UNCOVERED AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR US ALL;TO READ.PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF WAR TIME LITERATURE SINCE ANNE FRANC'S DIARY In 1941, Irene Nemirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and politicians, but by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. She did not live to see her ambition fulfilled, or to know that sixty-five years later, "Suite Francaise" would be published for the first time, and hailed as a masterpiece. Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ends with Germany turning its attention to Russia, "Suite Francaise" falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion and make their way through the chaos of France; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Nemirovsky's brilliance as a writer lay in her portrayal of people, and this is a novel that teems with wonderful characters, each more vivid than the next. Haughty aristocrats, bourgeois bankers and snobbish aesthetes rub shoulders with uncouth workers and bolshy farmers. Women variously resist or succumb to the charms of German soldiers. However, amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places. Irene Nemirovsky conceived of "Suite Francaise" as a four- or five-part novel. It was to be a symphony - her "War and Peace". Although, only two sections were finished before her tragic death, they form a book that is beautifully complete in itself, and awe-inspiring in its understanding of humanity. IRENE NEMIROVSKY DIED IN AUSCHWITZ IN 1942 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guillaumedelaby/3_pi_telegraph_041023.htm