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This perfect gem of a novel by the author of the posthumously acclaimed and bestselling "Suite Francaise" has never previously been published and was ...Show synopsisThis perfect gem of a novel by the author of the posthumously acclaimed and bestselling "Suite Francaise" has never previously been published and was discovered only recently in separate archive files. A couple of pages were in the famous suitcase which her daughters saved, and the balance had been deposited with a family friend and editor during the war. A morality tale with doubtful morals, a story of murder, love and betrayal in rural France, "Fire in the Blood", planned in 1937, written in 1941, is set in a small village, based on Issy-l'Eveque where "Suite Francaise" was written, and brilliantly prefigures the village community in her later masterpiece.An old man looks back on a chequered life with secret regrets, concealing a truth he will not reveal until the end. "Fire in the Blood" is a small and beautiful chamber piece which starts quietly, lyrically, but then races away with revelations and narrative twists in a story about young women forced into marriages with old men, about mothers and daughters, stepmothers and stepdaughters, youthful passions and the regrets of old age, about peasant communities and the way they hide their secrets. Nemirovsky looks at her characters, both young and old, with the same clear-eyed distance and humanity as she displayed in "Suite Francaise", unpeeling layer after layer. Atmospheric and haunting as "Embers" and with the crystalline perfection of "Chekhov", "Fire in the Blood" is a gripping literary find..Hide synopsis
Fire in the Blood (Vintage Books Canada) – Trade paperback (2008)
by
Irene Nemirovsky
Trade paperback, Vintage Books Canada 2008
English
160 pages
ISBN: 0676979815 ISBN-13: 9780676979817
A new treasure unearthed by Nemirovsky's biographers: another never-before-published novel from the author of the #1 bestselling Suite Francaise. This perfect gem of a novel was discovered only recently in separate archive files. A few pages were in the famous suitcase that Irene Nemirovsky's daughters saved, but the balance had been deposited with a very close friend during the war. A morality tale with doubtful morals, a story of murder, love and betrayal in rural France, Fire in the Blood, planned in 1937 and written in ...Show moreA new treasure unearthed by Nemirovsky's biographers: another never-before-published novel from the author of the #1 bestselling Suite Francaise. This perfect gem of a novel was discovered only recently in separate archive files. A few pages were in the famous suitcase that Irene Nemirovsky's daughters saved, but the balance had been deposited with a very close friend during the war. A morality tale with doubtful morals, a story of murder, love and betrayal in rural France, Fire in the Blood, planned in 1937 and written in 1941, is set in a small village (based on Issy l'Eveque, where Suite Francaise was written), and brilliantly prefigures the village community in her later masterpiece. Fire in the Blood is a beautiful chamber piece which starts quietly, lyrically, but then races away with revelations and narrative twists in a story about young women forced into marriages with old men, about mothers and daughters, stepmothers and stepdaughters, youthful passions and the regrets of old age, about peasant communities and the ways they hide their secrets. Nemirovsky looks at her characters, both young and old, with the same clear-eyed distance and humanity as she displayed in Suite Francaise, unpeeling layer after layer. As atmospheric and haunting as Sandor Marai's Embers, and with the crystalline perfection of Chekhov, Fire in the Blood is another gripping literary find. "From the Hardcover edition."Hide
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Description:Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book...Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
Looking at the short life of Irene Nemirovsky it would seem that she was in the
atmosphere of Ernest Heminway and his group of writers in Paris, if she did not
meet and talk with them. Her prose is simple like Hemingway's and very prosaic.
She was able to publish quite a lot during the time period ...
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