Le Bal (French Edition) - Softcover

Irene Nemirovsky

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9780320073007: Le Bal (French Edition)

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Synopsis

Récemment passés de la gêne à l'opulence, M. et Mme Kampf décident de donner un bal. Leur fille Antoinette, qui vient d'avoir quatorze ans, rêverait d'y assister. Mais Mme Kampf, peu soucieuse de présenter à ses admirateurs une fille déjà si grande, oppose un refus formel.
Antoinette ne préméditera pas sa vengeance : elle l'accomplira d'un geste, dans un état second... Elle sera terrible.
Par la cruauté et la drôlerie, par le courant de tendresse étouffé qui traverse ce petit livre étincelant, Le Bal est un des très rares chefs-d’œuvre consacrés à la description des tourments de l'enfance.

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About the Author

Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, Le Bal and other works published in her lifetime, as well as the posthumous Suite Française. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. The first French publication of Fire in the Blood, by the publishers who discovered and published Suite Française, is in March 2007.

Review

Le Bal established Némirovsky as one of the most talented and celebrated authors of her day.
The Guardian (UK) --Guardian

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