- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Dimanche et autres nouvelles. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942.
- Published
- New York : Vintage Books, 2010
- Contents
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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.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Patterson, Bridget.
- Notes
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"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.
