Le Bal by Irene Nemirovsky
Two lost masterpieces of French literature gathered together in one volume for the first time. From the author of the bestselling Suite Francaise.
Le Bal is a sharp, brittle story of a girl who sets out to ruin the mother she hates. The Kampfs have risen swiftly up the ranks of 1930s Parisian society. Painfully aware of her working-class roots, and desperate to win acceptance, Madame Kampf decides to throw a huge ball to announce her arrival to society. Her daughter Antoinette, who has just turned fourteen, dreams of attending, but Madame Kampf is resolved not to present her daughter to potential admirers. In a fury of adolescent rage and despair, Antoinette exacts a swift and horrible revenge...
Snow in Autumn pays homage to Nemirovsky'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. As the crisis pushes the family to the brink of dissolution, Tatiana struggles to adapt to life in Paris and waits in vain for her cherished first snow of autumn.
Format: Paperback | 112 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.3 | 178g
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2007
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0099493977
ISBN13: 9780099493976
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks on the back cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. There is a tiny scuff mark on the fore-edge of a tiny handul of pages (barely noticeable). No missing pages.