Books by Irène Némirovsky
“Némirovsky was experiencing the war in real time. It’s not a finished book, as many people might know: it’s the first two parts of what should have been a five-part collection. Suite Française will always be shadowed by the tragedy of its incompleteness, because Némirovsky, a Ukrainian-born Jew, was deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942 and murdered within a month of her arrival.” Read more...
Lori Inglis Hall, Novelist
Interviews where books by Irène Némirovsky were recommended
World War II Novels, recommended by Lori Inglis Hall
World War II forced people of many nationalities into extraordinary circumstances, says Lori Inglis Hall—whose debut novel follows two twins forced apart by the conflict. Here, she recommends five of the best novels set during World War II, both historical fiction and novels written immediately after or during the war by eyewitnesses.
