Suite Francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1400096278 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1400096278 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
bookczuk
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 12/11/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
bookczuk of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on 12/11/2010 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
A duplicate copy of a wonderful book. Here is my original journal entry on the copy I first read:
What an elegant and eloquent book. The two separate novellas are magnificent, and, as fsr said, the appendices are heart wrenching-- all the more so because of the real life tale told there. When reading the novel, I had to keep reminding myself that this was contemporary when written, and that the original scope and plan was so much bigger. Then when when I found out the background stories of Nemirovsky's daughters, it really took my breath away.
The writing is superb, rich and astonishing. I will need to try and find some of Irene Nemirovsky's earlier works.
I need to note here that I heard of this book from friends who were in Paris when it came out. They told me that the book took the city by storm, and that everywhere, on subways, street corners, parks and cafes, you could see the people of Paris reading it in total absorption.
What an elegant and eloquent book. The two separate novellas are magnificent, and, as fsr said, the appendices are heart wrenching-- all the more so because of the real life tale told there. When reading the novel, I had to keep reminding myself that this was contemporary when written, and that the original scope and plan was so much bigger. Then when when I found out the background stories of Nemirovsky's daughters, it really took my breath away.
The writing is superb, rich and astonishing. I will need to try and find some of Irene Nemirovsky's earlier works.
I need to note here that I heard of this book from friends who were in Paris when it came out. They told me that the book took the city by storm, and that everywhere, on subways, street corners, parks and cafes, you could see the people of Paris reading it in total absorption.
Journal Entry 2 by bookczuk at Hope and Union Coffee; closed in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, December 18, 2010
bookczuk at Hope and Union Coffee; closed in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, December 18, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (12/18/2010 UTC) at Hope and Union Coffee; closed in Charleston, South Carolina USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Thought about releasing this at Macaroon Boutique when I stopped in for the best croissants in town, but they've reconfigured the shop and it was crowded... so I carried it to Hope and Union which has some of the best coffee in town, and left it there to find a new reader.
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