Irène Némirovsky Her Life and Works |
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| Author:
| Weiss, Jonathan |
| Series title: | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-5481-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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Irène Némirovsky: Her Life and Works, the first English-language biography of the author of the internationally acclaimed novel,
Suite Française, is an intimate portrait of a woman who bore witness to the tragedies that befell France in the early days of the occupation, and who herself became a victim of the Nazi regime. The result of close textual analysis of her work and primary documents passed on from Némirovsky herself, this fascinating book explores a literary work...
More Description Irène Némirovsky: Her Life and Works, the first English-language biography of the author of the internationally acclaimed novel, Suite Française, is an intimate portrait of a woman who bore witness to the tragedies that befell France in the early days of the occupation, and who herself became a victim of the Nazi regime. The result of close textual analysis of her work and primary documents passed on from Némirovsky herself, this fascinating book explores a literary work that revisits in a unique way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of a persecuted people.