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Shadows of a Childhood: A Novel
For everyone who read "Suite Francaise" and wants to know more, a beautiful reissue of Ir&232;ne Nemirovsky's daughter's searing story of her parents' disappearance.
Irene Nemirovsky's posthumous "Suite Francaise" has become a publishing phenomenon, selling more than half a million copies since its publication in 2006. As those who know it are keenly aware,...more
Irene Nemirovsky's posthumous "Suite Francaise" has become a publishing phenomenon, selling more than half a million copies since its publication in 2006. As those who know it are keenly aware,...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
April 8th 2008
by New Press
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This novel is about a child holocaust survivor in occupied France during WWII and the 10 yrs after. 5 yr old Lea Levy is sent to live at a Catholic boarding school in Bordeaux. She is befriended by 7 yr old Benedicte Gaillac. The story focuses on their friendship, Lea's learning about the horrors of the war and holocaust, and how her character and emotions are shaped. I found the part about their time at the Sorbonne, living in Paris' Latin Quarter and the politics of the early 1950's very i...more
A haunting, powerful book. Written by one of the daughters of Irene Nemirovsky, author of Suite Francais. Nemirovsky and her husband both died in Nazi Concentration camp, but their daughters were hidden and escaped death. In this book, Gille gives a fictionalized account of a young girl who is hidden away in a convent when the Nazis take her parents. The book is a tale of the friendship she makes there and the sad fact that horrors cannot be erased by time or love.
Elisabeth Gille is the daughter of Irene Nemirovsky, (Suite Francais, etc.) Gille was a publisher in France who died several years ago.This is a novel based on her experiences in the war and it will blow you away. With all the cliched, formulaic Holocaust novels out there, I can't understand how this knockout book went under the radar.
I really enjoyed this book, I have always been interested in Holocaust memoirs. I do wonder how much of it is fictualized compared to her actual experience and I have to say that the end left me wanting more. I would recommend this book.
A sad story of a girl who lost her parents in the Holocaust - I wonder how much is autobiographical, since Gille's childhood parallels Lea's.
Daughter of the woman who wrote Suite Francaise. Regan said she read a great review of it in The Nation.
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