Irene Nemirovsky

In a fury of adolescent rage and despair, Antoinette exacts a swift and horrible revenge... Snow in Autumn pays homage to Némirovsky's beloved Chekhov and chronicles the life of a devoted servant following her masters as they flee Revolutionary Moscow and emigrate to a life of hardship in Paris.

From the author of the bestselling Suite Fran�§aise. Translated by Sandra Smith, with an introduction by Patrick Marnham. In 1929, 26-year-old Ir�¨ne N�©mirovsky shot to fame in France with the publication of her second novel David Golder.

Considered Ir ne N mirovsky's magnum opus, 'Suite fran aise' portrays the chaos of the Nazi invasion of France in 1940 and the resulting exodus. Discovered decades later in a suitcase after her death in Auschwitz, the manuscript is one of the great literary treasures of the 20th century, combining historical depth with intimate human stories.

Irene Nemirovsky (1903 Kiova-1940 Auschwitz) oli maailmansotien välillä Coletten ohella ainoa kuuluisa naiskirjailija Ranskassa, jonne perhe oli Venäjältä paennut bolsevikkeja Suomen kautta. Varhaiskypsä tyttö alkoi kirjoittaa Suomessa viisitoistavuotiaana. Niminovellia lukuun ottamatta tämän kokoelman tekstit on kirjoitettu suuressa puutteessa ja nälässä juutalaisvainojen aikaan, jolloin Nemirovsky ei saanut enää kirjojaan julkaistua. Äänielokuvaa lukee kuin katselisi elokuvaa. Haamut taas on huima surrealistinen kokeilu, joka varioi samaa rakkaus-kaipaus-menneisyysteemaa kuin Olosuhteista johtuen. Nemirovskylta on aiemmin suomennettu viisi romaania ja kaksi novellikokoelmaa.

En el Par s herido por la depresi n econ mica de principios de los a os treinta, un joven de origen humilde se enamora de la hija de un banquero. La relaci n con dith le abre a Jean-Luc una ventana a un mundo de riqueza y poder al que solo ve una manera de acceder: casarse con ella. El matrimonio no le reporta la felicidad que esperaba, pero le permite mantenerse al acecho de oportunidades de medrar, y lo consigue, hasta que un d a sus sentimientos le traicionan. La presa vio la luz en 1938, en un contexto de inestabilidad global. A lo largo de sus p ginas, Ir ne N mirovsky pone de manifiesto una vez m s su conocimiento de la naturaleza humana y despliega un amplio cat logo de las pasiones que mueven el mundo: la ambici n, la envidia, el resentimiento y, sobre todo, el amor.

En el fondo est la tensi n entre madre e hija. Los nuevos ricos Kampf, desesperados por convertirse en miembros de la lite social, deciden lanzar un baile para lanzarse a la alta sociedad. Por razones ego stas, la se ora Kampf proh be a su hija adolescente, Antoinette, asistir al baile y la destierra a la lavander a. En una furia impremeditada de revuelta y desesperaci n, Antoinette toma una r pida y horrible venganza. Esta obra es un examen cruel, divertido y tierno de las diferencias de clase, describe los tormentos de la infancia con rara precisi n. At its heart is the tension between mother and daughter. The nouveau-riche Kampfs, desperate to become members of the social elite, decide to throw a ball to launch themselves into high society. For selfish reasons Mrs. Kampf forbids her teenage daughter, Antoinette, to attend the ball and banishes her to the laundry room. In an unpremeditated fury of revolt and despair, Antoinette takes a swift and horrible revenge. A cruel, funny and tender examination of class differences, Le Bal describes the torments of childhood with rare accuracy.

Los Kampf, una familia de nuevos ricos instalados en un lujoso piso parisino, tienen todo lo que el dinero puede comprar, pero les falta lo que m s anhelan: el reconocimiento de la alta sociedad francesa. Deseosos de ganarse su admiraci n, el matrimonio prepara un gran baile al que la se ora Kampf proh be asistir a su hija, Antoniette, ante lo cual la joven adolescente decide vengarse. El baile es una obra magistral en la que N mirovsky nos hace un retrato exquisito de la dif cil relaci n de una madre y su hija, de la ambici n social, la hipocres a y del arduo camino hacia la edad adulta. Una peque a joya de la literatura universal. The Kampfs, a family of nouveau riche settled in a luxurious Parisian apartment, have everything money can buy, but they lack what they crave most: the recognition of French high society. Eager to win her admiration, the couple prepares a big ball that Mrs. Kampf forbids her daughter, Antoniette, to attend, to which the young teenager decides to take revenge. The Dance is a masterful work in which N mirovsky makes an exquisite portrait of the difficult relationship of a mother and her daughter, of social ambition, hypocrisy and the arduous road to adulthood. A small jewel of universal literature.

A starving young immigrant doctor of Italian and Greek descent, Dario Asfar struggles to establish his practice, and is desperate to provide for his wife and newborn son. When the vulgar, self-indulgent French aristocrat Philippe Wardes dismisses his personal physician's advice to abstain from alcohol and gambling, he turns to Dr. Asfar for a second opinion. Understanding the opportunity before him, Dario obliges Wardes, and others like him, knowing well that the rich want to eat of the forbidden fruit without paying for the sin. At first Dario's plan is just for survival, but soon he begins to enjoy increasing rewards by selling himself as a master of souls who can miraculously cure restless minds, and in so doing sheds light on the lies we tell ourselves in the name of family and love.

Zharkoe leto 1940 goda, vo Frantsiju vtorglis nemetskie vojska. Po dorogam vojny pod bombami katitsja lavina otchajavshikhsja, nasmert perepugannykh ljudej: broshennye ljubovnikami kokotki, iznezhennye burzhua, bednjaki, kaleki, stariki, deti. V tolpe bezhentsev splavilos vsjo - sostradanie i podlost, muzhestvo i strakh, samootverzhennost i zhestokost. Kak i vsej Frantsii, gorodku Bjussi trudno smiritsja s tem, chto on stal pristanischem dlja okkupantov... Roman znamenitoj frantsuzskoj pisatelnitsy Iren Nemirovski (1903-1942), pogibshej v Osventsime, bezzhalostno obnazhaet psikhologiju ljudej vo vremja vrazheskogo nashestvija, voskreshaet tragicheskuju stranitsu frantsuzskoj istorii.Iren Nemirovski rodilas v Kieve v 1903 godu i vmeste s semej emigrirovala vo Frantsiju, kogda ej bylo 15 let. Literaturnyj uspekh prishel k Iren v kontse dvadtsatykh godov. Spasajas ot nemetskogo nashestvija, ona bezhala iz Parizha i poselilas v glukhoj derevushke, no byla arestovana i pogibla v Osventsime v 1942 godu.Ee doch Deniza Epshtejn sokhranila rukopis poslednego proizvedenija materi, romana "Frantsuzskaja sjuita", v kotorom tragicheskoe begstvo frantsuzov v ijune 1940 goda opisano s potrjasajuschej siloj. Roman uvidel svet v 2004 godu i imel oglushitelnyj uspekh. On udostoen literaturnoj premii Renodo, chto stalo unikalnym sobytiem, poskolku eta premija, kak i Nobelevskaja, daetsja tolko zdravstvujuschim avtoram.Perevodchik: Kozhevnikova Ekaterina, Kozhevnikova Marianna