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Suite Francaise
by: Irene Nemirovsky
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Rating:  - Unfinished memoir of life under occupation
l greedily read this book due to all the positive publicity.It is a terrific insight into the proud French spirit being cowed by the might of Germany.Irene has a wonderful way of seeing the falliabilities and foibles of the human condition.No hatred here,just the narrative which makes your mind up for you.This is not quite the brilliant book l was expecting,but a good read nevertheless.Had all 5 sections been completed,we would have had a classic on our hands.A kalidiescope of French humanity.
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Rating:  - Unfinished masterpiece
Suite Francaise sat on my permanent "mountain" of waiting-to-be-read books for about a year, unopened. Had I only known...
The Holocaust claimed the lives of innumerable people. Irene Nemirovsky was among them. She died at Auschwitz a year after writing the first two novels (out of intended five) belonging to Suite Francaise. "Storm in June" and "Dolce" were re-discovered decades after she died and subsequently published, adding a further and unusual insight to the tragedy of war. ... Read More
Rating:  - Compelling....though provoking
This book really surprised me. I read it after I'd read an article about the author in a newspaper, not really thinking it was my thing, but it was! I have no idea how much of the story (fact or fiction) was lost in translation to english, but what you get is interesting, insightful, full of emotion (no drivel though!!), undoubtedly bias and makes you think about the events of war in far more depth then you have probably ever done before. I would give the second part of the book 5/5, but found the ... Read More
Rating:  - Disorganised and overrated!
I was very disappointed by this book. I found it very hard to get in to. There are far too many characters and scenarios and i found it hard to develop any empathy with the characters. Eventually gave up half way through Dolce and skipped to the letters at the back!
Rating:  - Nice cover, disappointing contents
I was very keen to read this book after hearing so many great reviews of it - have kept trying to progress with it but have finally admitted defeat. Just dull, with characters who made zero impact on me.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099488781
ISBN: 0099488787
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: September 30, 2006
Publisher: Vintage
Sales Rank: 976
Studio: Vintage
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