David Golder
By: Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Sandra Smith ; with an introduction by Patrick Marnham.
Contributors: Smith, Sandra, 1949-
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780701181291
Subjects: Jewish capitalists and financiers -- France -- Paris -- Family relationships -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Work titles: David Golder.
Description: Golder is a superb creation. Born into poverty on the Black Sea, he has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. When the novel opens, he is at work in his magnificent Parisian apartment while his wife and beloved daughter, Joy, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder's security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning to show the strain. As his body betrays him, so too do his wife and child, leaving him to decide which to pursue: revenge or altruism?
Notes: New translation. -- Previous translation by Sylvia Stuart : London : Constable, 1930.