description: Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy—in their town, their homes, even in their hearts.When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.
language: English
title: Suite Française
titlecomplete: Suite Française
characters: Maurice Michaud, Hubert Péricand, Gabriel Corte, Jean-Marie Michaud, Charles Langelet, Charlotte Péricand, Madeleine Sabarie, Jeanne Michaud, Philippe Péricand
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, War, Book Club, Classics, Holocaust, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 73106
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Magnesia Litera
category: Translation (Litera za překladovou knihu), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Prix Renaudot, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Sandra Smith, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize