Suite Francaise (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400096275)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War II--a heartrending "portrait of a small French town under seige, and the people trying to survive, even to live, as Hitler's horrors march closer and closer to their doors" (New York).

"Stunning.... A tour de force." --The New York Times Book Review

Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, as Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy--in their town, their homes, even in their hearts.

When Ir鈩e N駑irovsky began working on Suite Fran軋ise, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.

Author: Irene Nemirovsky
ISBN-10: 1400096278
ISBN-13: 9781400096275
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2007
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.27w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/15/2007 pg. 24