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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781594132117 Format: Large Print ISBN: 1594132119 Label: Large Print Press Manufacturer: Large Print Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 715 Publication Date: April 10, 2007 Publisher: Large Print Press Studio: Large Print Press Average Rating:
 Rating: - 10 starsA magnificent book! I have rarely read a more colorful and image inducing book! I could imagine everything that I red even the smell of French bread - so well this book is written. I could perceive the pain of running away as intense as the characters and their pain was material and very " here and now". Great book. Rating: - Stunningly RealThe author, Irene Nemirovsky was a Jewish writer who did not survive the Holocaust. Because she wrote fiction while living during World War II and suffering the deprivations of war along with the worst anti-Semitism the world has ever seen, the book is eerily realistic. In the book, there are several stories describing different aspects in French life duing the period. She exposes the characters' spiteful and selfish personality flaws unapologetically. She shows how hardships and tragedy ... Read More Rating: - Two Unfinished Facets of a Gorgeous Diamond in the Rough Set in World War II TragedySuite Française contains two unfinished sections, Storm in June and Dolce, of a planned five-part work about the invasion and occupation of France in World War II. The appendices contain the author's notes for what the other three sections would contain, her correspondence and correspondence about her (especially after she was sent to Auschwitz where she died), and preface to the French edition that outlines her personal history. This work only recently came to light after Ms. Nemirovsky's ... Read More |
