- Author: Irene Nemirovsky
- Published in 2006, 395 pages
- Suite Francaise discussion questions from BookBrowse.com
- Suite Francaise discussion questions from BookClubs.ca
- Suite Francaise discussion questions from Vintage
Description
Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, Suite Francaise tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy—in their town, their homes, even in their hearts. Description from book jacket
Research the author and the book using library resources
Information on the author’s life and works is available through our library’s online resources. Recommended online resources for Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky include Literature Resource Center. Enter your library barcode and then use the author’s name or the book title to search for full-text encyclopedia or magazine articles.
Additional information
A biography of Irene Nemirovsky on BookBrowse.com.
“As France Burned.” Paul Gray. New York Times Book Review, April 9, 2006, on nytimes.com.
Readalikes
- April in Paris by Michael Wallner is a love story, but not a romance, of a German soldier who falls in love with a Resistance fighter in occupied Paris.
- The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme by Andrei Makine is the final installment in a trilogy that covers 20th century Russia (Dreams of My Russian Summersand Requiem for a Lost Empire). Set in 1942 Stalingrad, a French pilot has a brief affair with a nurse. Their story and its consequences are told by an unnamed narrator writing a novel about the pilot’s life.
- Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is a story with two narratives. Ten year old Sarah locks her brother in cupboard to save him from being rounded up with the rest of their family in 1942 Paris. Julia is covering the 60th anniversary of the roundups for an American magazine. As Julia learns about the roundups and Sarah she also learns about herself.