Dimanche and Other StoriesDimanche and Other Stories
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Current format, Book, 2010, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsA never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite Française
Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
Written between 1934 and 1942, moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France,these ten stories show : a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity.
Collects ten short stories written between 1934 and 1942, focusing on such themes as social class, familial tensions, the French bourgeoisie, questions of religion, and personal identity.
<b>A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of </b><i><b>Suite Française</b><br></i><br>Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel <i>Suite Française</i>: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
Written between 1934 and 1942, moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France,these ten stories show : a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity.
Collects ten short stories written between 1934 and 1942, focusing on such themes as social class, familial tensions, the French bourgeoisie, questions of religion, and personal identity.
<b>A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of </b><i><b>Suite Française</b><br></i><br>Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel <i>Suite Française</i>: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
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