Dimanche and other stories

Némirovsky, Irène (, 1903-1942)

Dimanche and other stories / Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Bridget Patterson - New York : Vintage Books , 2010. - 293 p. ; 21 cm.

"A Vintage International original"--T.p. verso. Originally published, with additional stories, in French as: Dimanche et autres nouvelles. Paris : Stock, c2000.

. Dimanche = . Sunday -- . Les rivages heureux = . Those happy shores -- . Liens du sang = . Flesh and blood -- . Fraternité = . Brotherhood -- . La femme de don Juan = . Don Juan's wife -- . Le sortilège = . The spell -- . Le spectateur = . The spectator -- . Monsieur Rose = . Mr. Rose -- . La confidente = . The confidante -- . L'inconnu = . The unknown soldier.

Written between 1934 and 1942, moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France,these ten stories show : a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity.

9780307476364

2009043711


Short stories

PQ2627.E4 / D5613 2010

FIC NEM

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