Irène Némirovsky Knihy

Autorka koncipovala román ako hudobný opus o piatich častiach, stihla však napísať iba prvé dve. Búrka opisuje bezhlavý útek Parížanov z mesta, všeobecnú paniku, vzájomnú nevraživosť, ohromenie, sklamanie, strach z prichádzajúcich Nemcov, ústup zvyškov francúzskej armády. Irene Némirovsky majstrovsky vyjadrila všeobecný chaos a zmätok, ktorý všade zavládol. Druhá časť Dolce líči príchod nemeckej jednotky do malého francúzskeho mestečka, počiatočnú nedôveru, postupné zbližovanie miestnych s okupantmi, príbeh má aj svojho Rómea a Júliu a ich láska je rovnako nemožná a zakázaná ako láska shakespearovských hrdinov.

V nepříliš rozsáhlém, čechovovsky laděném románu Podzimní mouchy aneb Žena z dávných dob autorka vykresluje úpadek ruské rodiny, které se ve vřavě revoluce zhroutí svět. Karinovi prchající před bolševiky se uchýlí do Francie a v rodinném sídle ponechají jen věrnou chůvu Taťánu Ivanovnu. Nakonec se i ona vydává v jejich stopách a opouští domov, který bolševický režim nadobro zničil.Irène Némirovsky vypráví s citem a bez přehnaného patosu příběh o lidech, kteří zažívají konec jedné éry a bolest ze ztráty domova i těch, které tolik milovali. Chůva, žena z dávných dob, je ochránkyní vzpomínek na Rusko. Vzpomínek, které v emigraci slábnou a rozpouští se ve starostech o živobytí. S její smrtí odchází i starý svět. Ačkoliv se z hrdinů ve chvílích beznaděje stávají malátné a unavené „podzimní mouchy, které […] vyčerpaně a podráž­děně poletují, narážejí do oken a táhnou za sebou polomrtvá křídla“, nakonec i oni docházejí k trpkému smíření s novou každodenností.Rozsah knihy připomíná, že silného účinku lze dosáhnout i nemnoha slovy. Jediné, co se dá totiž románu vytknout, je, že ho přečtete tak rychle. Nejspíš na jeden zátah.

Malade, trahi et abandonné par les siens, David Golder, financier redoutable, pourrait accepter la ruine de sa banque. Mais pour sa fille Joyce, frivole et dépensière, sur laquelle il n'a d'ailleurs aucune illusion, le vieil homme décide de reconstruire son empire, et entame cet ultime combat avec une énergie farouche. Paru en 1929, ce roman marquait les débuts d'une jeune romancière d'origine russe, aussitôt saluée comme un écrivain de premier ordre. Elle devait mourir en 1942 à Auschwitz.

A stunning novel about mothers and daughters, about vengeance, and an aging, still beautiful woman on trial for shooting her lover. In a French courtroom, the trial of a woman is taking place. Gladys Eysenach is no longer young, but she remains striking, elegant, cold. She is accused of shooting dead her much-younger lover. As the witnesses take the stand and the case unfolds, Gladys relives fragments of her past: her childhood, her absent father, her marriage, her turbulent relationship with her daughter, her decline, and then the final irrevocable act. With the depth of insight and pitiless compassion we have come to expect from the acclaimed author of Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky shows us the soul of a desperate woman obsessed with her lost youth.

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller Suite Française, a newly discovered novel, a story of passion and long-kept secrets, set against the background of a rural French village in the years before World War II.Written in 1941, Fire in the Blood – only now assembled in its entirety – teems with the intertwined lives of an insular French village in the years before the war, when "peace" was less important as a political state than as a coveted personal condition: the untroubled pinnacle of happiness. At the center of the novel is Silvio, who has returned to this small town after years away. As his narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture of the loves and infidelities, the scandals, the youthful ardor and regrets of age that tie Silvio to the long-guarded secrets of the past.

As first the Great War and then the Russian Revolution rage in the background, she grows from a lonely, melancholy child to an angry young woman intent on destruction. The Wine of Solitude is a powerful tale of an unhappy family in difficult times and a woman prepared to wreak a shattering revenge.

Taut, evocative and beautifully paced, All Our Worldly Goods points up with heartbreaking detail and clarity how close were those two wars, how history repeated itself, tragically, shockingly...

As the crisis pushes the family to the brink of dissolution, Tatiana struggles to adapt to life in Paris and waits in vain for her cherished first snow of autumn.

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Russia, the narrative follows Baruch, a gifted young poet and songwriter whose talent captivates a Princess. While she offers him an escape from his challenging life in an Orthodox Jewish community, his infatuation leads to despair as he realizes her affection is superficial. As Baruch's health deteriorates and he loses his creative gift, he faces the harsh reality of being cast aside, ultimately returning to his family and confronting the tragic fallout of his unrequited love.

But over the course of his stay he is made privy to the inner world of the man he must kill - his failing health, his troubled domestic situation and, most importantly, the tyrannical grip that the Czar himself holds over all his Ministers, forcing them to obey him or suffer the most deadly punishments.