SuiteFrancaise
作者: Irene Nemirovsky 著;Sandra Smith 著
出版社: KnopfDoubledayPublishingGroup
出版时间: 2006-04
ISBN: 9781400044733
定价: 227.80
装帧: 精装
页数: 416页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 国学古籍>综合性图书
内容简介:
Bytheearlyl940s,whenUkrainian-bornIrèneNémirovskybeganworkingonwhatwouldbecomeSuiteFrançaise—thefirsttwopartsofaplannedfive-partnovel—shewasalreadyahighlysuccessfulwriterlivinginParis.ButshewasalsoaJew,andin1942shewasarrestedanddeportedtoAuschwitz:amonthlatershewasdeadattheageofthirty-nine.Twoyearsearlier,livinginasmallvillageincentralFrance—whereshe,herhusband,andtheirtwosmalldaughtershadfledinavainattempttoeludetheNazis—she’dbegunhernovel,aluminousportrayalofahumandramainwhichsheherselfwouldbecomeavictim.Whenshewasarrested,shehadcompletedtwopartsoftheepic,thehandwrittenmanuscriptsofwhichwerehiddeninasuitcasethatherdaughterswouldtakewiththemintohidingandeventuallyintofreedom.Sixty-fouryearslater,atlonglast,wecanreadNémirovsky’sliterarymasterpiece
Thefirstpart,“AStorminJune,”opensinthechaosofthemassive1940exodusfromParisontheeveoftheNaziinvasionduringwhichseveralfamiliesandindividualsarethrowntogetherundercircumstancesbeyondtheircontrol.Theysharenothingbuttheharshdemandsofsurvival—sometryingtomaintainlivesofprivilege,othersstrugglingsimplytopreservetheirlives—butsoon,alltogether,theywillbeforcedtofacetheawfulexigenciesofphysicalandemotionaldisplacement,andtheannihilationoftheworldtheyknow.Inthesecondpart,“Dolce,”weentertheincreasinglycomplexlifeofaGerman-occupiedprovincialvillage.Coexistinguneasilywiththesoldiersbilletedamongthem,thevillagers—fromaristocratstoshopkeeperstopeasants—copeasbesttheycan.Somechooseresistance,otherscollaboration,andastheircommunityistransformedbytheseacts,thelivesofthesethesemenandwomenrevealnothinglessthantheveryessenceofhumanity.
SuiteFrançaiseisasingularlypiercingevocation—atoncesubtleandsevere,deeplycompassionateandfiercelyironic—oflifeanddeathinoccupiedFrance,andabrilliant,profoundlymovingworkofart.
作者简介:
IrèneNémirovskywasborninKievin1903intoawealthybankingfamilyandemigratedtoFranceduringtheRussianRevolution.AfterattendingtheSorbonne,shebegantowriteandswiftlyachievedsuccesswithherfirstnovel,DavidGolder,whichwasfollowedbyTheBall,TheFliesofAutumn,DogsandWolvesandTheCourilofAffair.Shediedin1942.,,,
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