Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xii, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue- I Think We Are Leaving Today... (16h/17th July 1942) -- Part I- A Previous Life (1903-1911) -- 1. The Most Beautiful Country in the World (1903-1911) -- 2. The Vague and murderous Hope (1912-1917) -- 3. The Upheaval of All Life (1917-1919) -- 4. Miss Topsy and Mademoiselle Mad (1919-1924)-- 5. The Demon of Pride (1925-1929) -- Part II- In the Literary Jungle (1929-1939) -- 6. One Ounce of Good Luck (1929-1939) -- 7. Enough Memories to Make a Novel (1932-1935) -- 8. How Happy Are the French! (1935-1938) -- 9. Children of the Night (1938-1939) -- Part III- Stronger Than the Aversion (1939-1942) -- 10. French Monsoon (1939-1941) -- 11. Hatred + Contempt (1941-1942) -- 12. As on a Shipwrecked Boat (13th July-9th November 1942) -- Epilogue- A Long Journey (1943-2004) |
Summary |
Drawing on Nemirovsky's diaries, previously untapped archival material, and interviews with surviving family members, Philipponnat and Lienhardt deliver the first major biography of the author of "Suite Francaise." |
Subject |
Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942.
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Added Author |
Lienhardt, Patrick.
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Cameron, Euan.
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Added Title |
Vie d'Irène Némirovsky, 1903-1942. English
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ISBN |
9780307270214 alkaline paper |
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0307270211 alkaline paper |
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9780307397621 |
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0307397629 |
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