{"product_id":"suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirovsky-9781784878412","title":"Suite Francaise","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVINTAGE CLASSICS FRENCH SERIES - stunning flapped paperback editions showcasing the bestselling, most acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Second World War classic of life under Nazi occupation. Némirovsky was sent to Auschwitz in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1941, Irène sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. Némirovsky's death in Auschwitz in 1942 prevented her from seeing the day, sixty-five years later, that the existing two sections of her planned novel sequence, \u003cem\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/em\u003e, would be rediscovered and hailed as a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet during the year that France fell to the Nazis, \u003cem\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/em\u003e falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. \u003cem\u003eSuite Française\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that teems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. However, amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - six masterpieces of French fiction in collectible editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A masterpiece of French fiction'\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of those rare books that demands to be read'\u003c\/em\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46271986237676,"sku":"9781784878412","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784878412.jpg?v=1742268006","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirovsky-9781784878412","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}