Silvio is an aging man who claims to have no regrets about his life spent travelling the world, laying women instead of roots. Spending the remainder of his days in a decrepit house in the French countryside, he observes the romances of his young niece with mild bemusement. When love leads to mur...
"Il calore del sangue è destinato a spegnersi presto."Con grande maestria, anche, questa volta la nostra Irène ci racconta una storia che analizza i sentimenti di coppia non più nell'ambiente borghese, ma nelle campagne francesi, in terre selvagge e ricche al tempo stesso. "Ciascuno se ne sta in ...
I love Nemirovsky's writing. She was a Jewish woman born in Russia, fled to France with her family, and ended up dying at Auschwitz. Written in French by a non-native and translated into English, the language is still powerful, poignant, and offers a razor-sharp observation of human nature. C...
On the whole, I liked it. Much too much droning on about feelings for my taste, but I loved the descriptive style, which made me feel like I was right there; on the beach, watching the fireworks, or in Saint-Elme, or on the road with the refugees. Initially, I found the way that the author skips ...
I listened to this collection in my car on the way to work. Narrator Cassandra Campbell is exceptional and lets the story speak for itself, adding just the hint of an accent or inflection when necessary to let you know who's speaking. Némirovsky writes the kind of story I love, very rich in depth...
Chaleur du sangStanotte attraverseranno un gran numero di paesini tranquilli, di villaggi sonnolenti, e passeranno accanto alle grandi case silenziose e scure perdute nella campagna: non immagineranno nemmeno che ogni cosa ha una vita profonda e segreta, che loro sono destinati a non conoscere.In...
POST READ:There are no characters to like here besides a few fleeting minor characters.'Jezebel' is a beautiful, self-centred woman who loves above all the power she can exercise over men, and her beauty which is the mainstay of this exercise. Anyone who stands in the way of this way of life will...
A Romeo and Juliet novel with a twist: the lovers are both of the same extended family, one rich and the other poor, one cloistered at the top of the hill with all the trappings of wealth and the other dealing with pogroms, absentee fathers and wicked aunts.Ada Sinner is the poor girl, whose fath...