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Suite française / Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Sandra Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Vintage, 2007.Description: 403 p. : map 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780099488781
  • 9780099488781
Uniform titles:
  • Suite française. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Scope and content: Set during the year that France fell to the Nazis, this book falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. Suite Française is a novel that teems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. 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
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Fiction Fiction ATU Wellpark Road Fiction FIC. NEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G104598

This translation originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Set during the year that France fell to the Nazis, this book falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. Suite Française is a novel that teems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. 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

Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2006

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