Dimanche and other stories
By: Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Bridget Patterson
Contributors: Patterson, Bridget
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780307476364
Work titles: Dimanche et autres nouvelles
Description: 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.
Notes: "A Vintage International original"--T.p. verso.

Originally published, with additional stories, in French as: Dimanche et autres nouvelles. Paris : Stock, c2000.
Table of contents: title: Dimanche =; title: Sunday --; title: Les rivages heureux =; title: Those happy shores --; title: Liens du sang =; title: Flesh and blood --; title: Fraternité =; title: Brotherhood --; title: La femme de don Juan =; title: Don Juan's wife --; title: Le sortilège =; title: The spell --; title: Le spectateur =; title: The spectator --; title: Monsieur Rose =; title: Mr. Rose --; title: La confidente =; title: The confidante --; title: L'inconnu =; title: The unknown soldier.