Two lost masterpieces of French literature gathered together in one volume for the first time.
Ir ne Nemirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, Le Bal and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, as well as the posthumous Suite Fran aise and Fire in the Blood. In July 1942 she was arrested by the French police and interned in Pithiviers concentration camp, and from there immediately deported to Auschwitz where she died in August 1942.
With its cool, understated prose and sharp psychological accuracy,
this is perfect for a train journey... A reminder of what good
writing can achieve in a very few words
*The Times*
A cruel, sophisticated tale making the terrible beautiful without
diminishing for one moment the horrors of displacement and war
*Guardian*
A genuine artist
*Julian Barnes*
This book is a masterpiece
*Sunday Express*
It is quite outstanding, full of beauty, pain and truth... We are
lucky to have this book
*Sunday Telegraph*
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