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The Dogs and the Wolves
Irène Némirovsky
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Description for The Dogs and the Wolves
Paperback. Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
From the author of the bestselling Suite Française.
Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind. Harry Sinner also comes to Paris to mingle in exclusive circles, until one day he buys two paintings which remind him of his past and the course of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099507789
SKU
V9780099507789
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About Irène Némirovsky
Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became a bestselling novelist, author of David Golder, Le Bal, The Courilof Affair, All Our Worldly Goods and other works published in her lifetime or soon after, as well as of the recent posthumously ... Read more
Reviews for The Dogs and the Wolves
Written with tremendous assurance and finesse, The Dogs and the Wolves is an outstanding achievement of European fiction
Sunday Times
The pleasure of this fine novel lies in its depiction of a doomed love affair... Némirovsky's exquisite descriptions of character reveal a brilliantly sharp eye
Daily Telegraph
Nemirovsky was incapable of producing anything less than an ... Read more
Sunday Times
The pleasure of this fine novel lies in its depiction of a doomed love affair... Némirovsky's exquisite descriptions of character reveal a brilliantly sharp eye
Daily Telegraph
Nemirovsky was incapable of producing anything less than an ... Read more