Audio Book Description:
By the early 1940`s when Ukranian-born Irene Nemirovsky began working on what would become SUITE FRANCAISE-the first two parts of a planned five-partnovel-she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested, and deported toAuschwitz:a month later she wasdead. When she was arrested, she had completedtwo parts of the epic; her daughters took the manuscript with them intohiding. The first part "A STORMIN JUNE," opens in the chaos of the massive1940 exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion, during which severalfamilies and individuals are thrown together under circumstances beyond their control. In the second part, "DOLCE," we enter the increasinglycomplex life of a German-occupied village. Coexisting uneasily with the soldiers billeted among them, the villagers cope as best they can.
