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Ira]ne Namirovsky: Her Life and Works
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Ira]ne Namirovsky: Her Life and Works Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Jonathan Weiss

This short critical biography by an expert on contemporary French literature is a fine introduction to the work of Irene Nemirovsky, author of "Suite Fran
aise," who died in Auschwitz in 1942.

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On July 13, 1942, French gendarmes arrested Irne Nmirovsky in southern Burgundy. She was deported to Auschwitz where she died on August 19. Who was this woman, author of more than a dozen popular novels and more than thirty short stories, whose posthumous novel, Suite Franaise, won France's prestigious Renaudot prize in 2004? Born in Russia to wealthy parents, Irne Nmirovsky immigrated to Paris in 1919. Although she was Jewish, she consorted with authors and politicians on the extreme right, some of whom were openly anti-Semitic. She was sure that these friends would protect her from deportation after the Nazis invaded France. Instead, they abandoned her. Yet she never lost faith in France, even after she was refused French nationality. In this fascinating biography, Jonathan Weiss analyzes the discrepancy between Nmirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a unique way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of a persecuted people.

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On July 13, 1942, French gendarmes arrested Irene Nemirovsky in southern Burgundy. She was deported to Auschwitz where she died on August 19. Who was this woman, author of more than a dozen popular novels and more than thirty short stories, whose posthumous novel, Suite Francaise, won France's prestigious Renaudot prize in 2004? Born in Russia to wealthy parents, Irene Nemirovsky immigrated to Paris in 1919. Although she was Jewish, she consorted with authors and politicians on the extreme right, some of whom were openly anti-Semitic. She was sure that these friends would protect her from deportation after the Nazis invaded France. Instead, they abandoned her. Yet she never lost faith in France, even after she was refused French nationality. In this fascinating biography, Jonathan Weiss analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a unique way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of a persecuted people.

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  • Title Ira]ne Namirovsky: Her Life and Works
  • Author Jonathan Weiss
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-09-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780804754811 / 0804754810
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.32 x 0.73 in (23.47 x 16.05 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006017052
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 08/15/2006, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/17/2006, Page 146
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2007, Page 286
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2007, Page 1

About the author

Jonathan Weiss is Professor of French Language and Literature at Colby College. In 1996, he met Irne Nmirovsky's two daughters. With their help, he was able to consult all the documents that their mother had passed on to them. This biography is the result of that research and of close textual analysis of Nmirovsky's literary work.

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