Irène Némirovsky; Sandra Smith [trans.] — Suite Franã§Aise

London, Chatto & Windus, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first UK edition, first impression of this critically acclaimed French work by Irène Némirovsky, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two of a planned sequence of five novels by Irène Némirovsky (1903-1942), preserved by her daughters and published as a single volume in the original French in 2004. This is the first English language edition, translated by Sandra Smith. Némirovsky's two novels were completed in 1942, just before she was arrested and detained first at Pithiviers and then Auschwitz, for being a Jew. She died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Suite Française portrays life during the German occupation of France and was highly acclaimed by critics. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains in excellent condition. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.