Comments on: Tell the full story of Irène Némirovsky http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/10/tell-the-full-story-of-irene-nemirovsky/ Jewish books, literature and poetry. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: anita appleton http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/10/tell-the-full-story-of-irene-nemirovsky/comment-page-1/#comment-4 anita appleton Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:56:59 +0000 /post/Tell-the-full-story-of-Irene-Nemirovsky.aspx#comment-4 I enjoyed Suite Francais far more than I expected. I thought it would be dark, sombre and harrowing. The wonderful characters came alive and their strength and weaknesses of character demonstrate Nemirovsky's deep understanding of humankind even in the turmoil of occupation. The comic and pathos of situations that the characters found themsleves brought variety and interest throughout the book. I have pondered how the remaining three unwritten chapters would have unfolded. WE will never know. The appendices are explicit and demonstrate the rigour in her writing and also provide a sense that the need to write was providing her with the strength to do what she knew best. The interview with Denise Epstein onAmerican University radio complemented my understanding of the author and the times through the eyes of her child. So very poignant. I enjoyed Suite Francais far more than I expected. I thought it would be dark, sombre and harrowing. The wonderful characters came alive and their strength and weaknesses of character demonstrate Nemirovsky’s deep understanding of humankind even in the turmoil of occupation.
The comic and pathos of situations that the characters found themsleves brought variety and interest throughout the book. I have pondered how the remaining three unwritten chapters would have unfolded. WE will never know.
The appendices are explicit and demonstrate the rigour in her writing and also provide a sense that the need to write was providing her with the strength to do what she knew best.

The interview with Denise Epstein onAmerican University radio complemented my understanding of the author and the times through the eyes of her child. So very poignant.

]]> By: JewWishes http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/10/tell-the-full-story-of-irene-nemirovsky/comment-page-1/#comment-3 JewWishes Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:23:14 +0000 /post/Tell-the-full-story-of-Irene-Nemirovsky.aspx#comment-3 Indeed, Nemirovsky was a Catholic convert, and she was a person who died a woman without a country, stateless, as she was denied French citizenship. Her death at Auschwitz is ironic. There are also articles inferring that documents state she didn't die of Typhus at Auschwitz, but that she was gassed, and that the Germans listed the cause as Typhus, due to an epidemic raging through Auschwitz. Who knows for certain how she died, and it would definitely be interesting to know the truth. Much of her writing is centered around Jewish men, money hungry men, and she often demeans Jews in her books. I think she wrote from her own familial experiences, growing up in Russia to a wealthy Jewish family, and having a father who was powerful, and considered to be at the top of his banking profession. Her sterotypical, Jewish character David Golder could include direct dimensions of her own father, and probably does. As a writer, she masterful, in my opinion, and her stories are depressing, yet resounding testaments of the time, including sterotypes, cultural and societal mores. I have read all of her works that have been translated into English by Sandra Smith. Indeed, Nemirovsky was a Catholic convert, and she was a person who died a woman without a country, stateless, as she was denied French citizenship. Her death at Auschwitz is ironic.

There are also articles inferring that documents state she didn’t die of Typhus at Auschwitz, but that she was gassed, and that the Germans listed the cause as Typhus, due to an epidemic raging through Auschwitz. Who knows for certain how she died, and it would definitely be interesting to know the truth.

Much of her writing is centered around Jewish men, money hungry men, and she often demeans Jews in her books. I think she wrote from her own familial experiences, growing up in Russia to a wealthy Jewish family, and having a father who was powerful, and considered to be at the top of his banking profession. Her sterotypical, Jewish character David Golder could include direct dimensions of her own father, and probably does.

As a writer, she masterful, in my opinion, and her stories are depressing, yet resounding testaments of the time, including sterotypes, cultural and societal mores. I have read all of her works that have been translated into English by Sandra Smith.

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