{"product_id":"david-golder-9780099493969","title":"David Golder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Sandra Smith, with an introduction by Patrick Marnham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1929, 26-year-old Irène Némirovsky shot to fame in France with the publication of her second novel \u003ci\u003eDavid Golder\u003c\/i\u003e. At the time, only the most prescient would have predicted the events that led to her extraordinary final novel \u003ci\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/i\u003e and her death at Auschwitz. Yet the clues are there in this astonishingly mature story of an elderly Jewish businessman who has sold his soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGolder is a superb creation. Born into poverty on the Black Sea, he has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. When the novel opens, he is at work in his magnificent Parisian apartment while his wife and beloved daughter, Joyce`, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder''s security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer deceptively simply and understated style is best suited to shorter fiction: her touch is light, but with an underlying darkness that bears witness to exile, marginality and existential frustration -- Aamer Hussein * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a writer of rare power, make no mistake * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA sordid tragedy that makes us for the thousandth time question the worth of human existence. The impression remains with the reader that it is the work of a woman who has the strength of one of the masters like Balzac or Dostoyevsky * New York Times, 1930 *\u003cbr\u003eA powerful description of a man's relentless decline -- Ian Critchley * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eStriking first work, sensitively translated by Sandra Smith * Sunday Telegraph *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017518776663,"sku":"9780099493969","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099493969.jpg?v=1750773817","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/david-golder-9780099493969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}