by Irène Némirovsky · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070336760
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«Suite française» is the historical novel by Irène Némirovsky, published by Gallimard in paperback (573 pages, in French).
The novel is set during the German occupation of France and brings together the first two parts of an unfinished tetralogy by Irène Némirovsky: «Tempête en juin» recounts the 1940 exodus and «Dolce» the forced coexistence of the town of Bussy with the German soldiers. The narrative reflects pettiness and solidarity among the civilian population.
Irène Némirovsky died in Auschwitz in 1942; the manuscript was published in 2004 and won the Prix Renaudot. This edition includes a preface by Myriam Anissimov, notes and the author's correspondence.
For readers of historical fiction and French literature, especially those interested in the German occupation of France and World War II.
Irène Némirovsky was a novelist of Ukrainian Jewish origin who was born in Kiev, then in the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France and wrote in French, but was denied French nationality. Arrested as a Jew under the racial laws – which did not take into account her conversion to Roman Catholicism – she died in Auschwitz at the age of 39. Némirovsky is best known for the posthumously published Suite française.
