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The Life Of Irene Nemirovsky : 1903 1942Stock informationGeneral Fields
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Local DescriptionName on half title DescriptionIrene Nemirovsky's own life was as dramatic as any fiction. Few writers enjoy posthumous success as astonishing as hers after the international triumph of Suite Francaise. She was born in 1903 in Kiev to a well-off Jewish family, but died in Auschwitz only 39 years later. With her parents she fled the Russian Revolution, eventually settling in France. With the publication of David Golder in 1929 - delivered to a publisher just before the birth of her first daughter - Irene swiftly became an acclaimed and successful writer. When France fell to the Nazis, Irene and her family took refuge in a small Burgundy village, where she finished two more novels and began Suite Francaise. Finally, in July 1942 Irene was arrested by the French police and deported. Promotion infoA remarkable, panoramic biography of the author of Suite Francaise. |