A major biography of Irene Nemirovksy, author of the acclaimed and internationally bestselling Suite Francaise -- with new material never published in English. Irene Nemirovksy's own life was as dramatic as any fiction. And few writers enjoy a posthumous resurgence as astonishing as hers after the international triumph of Suite Francaise. The authors of this fascinating biography have had access to previously unpublished documents and to surviving family members in Russia, researching there her childhood in the Ukraine, ...
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A major biography of Irene Nemirovksy, author of the acclaimed and internationally bestselling Suite Francaise -- with new material never published in English. Irene Nemirovksy's own life was as dramatic as any fiction. And few writers enjoy a posthumous resurgence as astonishing as hers after the international triumph of Suite Francaise. The authors of this fascinating biography have had access to previously unpublished documents and to surviving family members in Russia, researching there her childhood in the Ukraine, and tracing her odyssey first to St Petersburg, where her father was a successful financier, and then, as the family was forced to flee the Russian Revolution, to Finland, Sweden and finally France in 1919. Meticulously researched and passionately felt, this is a remarkable, panoramic biography of an exceptional writer, a moving portrait of a woman and of her extraordinary times, and a sweeping saga of a turbulent period of European history, holding up a mirror to the world of publishing, intellectual thought, society and the darker shadow of prejudice between the wars.
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NF in F jacket. Octavo. Light tan boards quarterbound in a black cloth backstrip with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Very slight bumping at the head and tail of the spine and a 1/8" closed tear in the tail. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 448 pages. Dust Jacket-has no discernable flaws. Illustrated with photographs. Posthumously discovered and acclaimed author of Suite Francaise, Fire in the Blood, and other works.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+, Price Clipped jacket. Book First North American Edition stated on verso of title page; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs.
