Books

14 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
L'affaire Courilof L'affaire Courilof Irène Némirovsky In 1903, Leon M - a devout terrorist - is given the responsibility of 'liquidating' Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, the notoriously brutal and cold-blooded Russian Minister of Education, by the Rev… OL1308086W
Chaleur du sang Chaleur du sang Irène Némirovsky At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his… OL1308094W
Affaire courilof / Le bal / David Golder / Le bal / Mouches d'automne Affaire courilof / Le bal / David Golder / Le bal / Mouches d'automne Irène Némirovsky A collection of novels by the Russian-born author of Suite Française," who died in Auschwitz in 1942, features David Golder," a parable about greed and loneliness, as well as three novels available … OL1308095W
Les biens de ce monde Les biens de ce monde Irène Némirovsky Reads like prequel to Suite Francaise, but is a perfect novel in its own right - a gripping story of family life, of money and love, set against the backdrop of France in two terrible world wars.In h… OL14993697W
Le Vin de solitude Le Vin de solitude Irène Némirovsky Introspective, intense and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky's novels, now available in English for the first time. Imbued with melancholy, and regre… OL16592392W
Le malentendu Le malentendu Irène Némirovsky Yves Harteloup, scarred by the war, is a disappointed young man, old money fallen on hard times, who returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye, where he spent blissfu… OL16808214W
Dimanche Dimanche Irène Némirovsky 345 pages ; 23 cm OL17678919W
The fires of Autumn The fires of Autumn Irène Némirovsky "After four years of bloody warfare Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. No more the naive hopes and dreams of the teenager who went to war. Attracted by the lure of money and … OL17898631W
Het misverstand Het misverstand Irène Némirovsky Een gefortuneerde, getrouwde jonge vrouw en een berooide rijkeluiszoon beleven tijdens een idyllische vakantie een romance. OL24472337W
Gorąca krew Gorąca krew Irène Némirovsky At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his … OL24912779W
The Courilof affair The Courilof affair Irène Némirovsky In 1903 Lǒn M - a devout terrorist - is given the responsibility by the Revolutionary Committee of publicly "liquidating" Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, a notoriously brutal and cold-blooded minis… OL27710642W
Storm in juni Storm in juni Irène Némirovsky Oorspr. titel: Suite française (2004). Een Franse vrouw brengt scherp observerend de eerste jaren van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in kaart. OL27975772W
Les Chiens et les Loups Les Chiens et les Loups Irène Némirovsky A wonderful, panoramic novel and an achingly poignant love story that goes back to Irene Nemirovsky's roots, from the bestselling author of Suite Francaise.This wonderful, panoramic novel goes right … OL8299135W
David Golder David Golder Irène Némirovsky Born into poverty on the Black Sea, David Golder has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. As he works in his magnificent Parisian apartment, his wife and beloved daughter… OL8299145W