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Suite Francaise

By: Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith - translator
Narrated by: Carole Boyd
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In June 1940 France fell to the Nazis. The effects of this momentous event on the lives of ordinary Parisians and the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation are brilliantly explored in Irène Némirovsky's gripping and heartbreaking novel. Némirovsky herself was a tragic victim of the Nazi regime but she left behind her this exceptional masterpiece. In Suite Française she conjures up a vivid cast of wonderful characters who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places. 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military War Military
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A beautifully observed, devastating critique of French society on the brink of war (Catherine Taylor)
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Read it to understand the frailties but positives of human nature and love and what people do to survive.

Devastating, wry observation on human nature

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Remarkable author and remarkably told! Seldom heard storey about French civilians during the war. Unusual and different.

Must read

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I wanted to hear this book before seeing the movie. While I enjoyed the tale I was puzzled why the narrator chose to do the whole thing with a British accent sometimes even slipping into a Yorkshire accent to create the voices of the "common folk", yet added a German accent for the German military! The whole thing lost atmosphere with the lack of a good French accent.
The end was a fizzed for me.

Interesting story

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Such a lovely read about the people of France and how the war affected them.

A wonderful original look at WWll

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