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Book SynopsisIrène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of
David Golder, Le Bal and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, as well as the posthumous
Suite Française and
Fire in the Blood. In July 1942 she was arrested by the French police and interned in Pithiviers concentration camp, and from there immediately deported to Auschwitz where she died in August 1942.
Trade ReviewA masterpiece * Sunday Times *
Quite outstanding, full of beauty, pain and truth -- Anne Chisholm * Sunday Telegraph *
An irresistible work. Suite Francaise clutches the heart -- Carmen Callil * The Times *
The work of a genuine artist -- Julian Barnes * Guardian *
Magnificent * The Times *
