{"product_id":"suite-francaise","title":"Suite Francaise","description":"\u003cp\u003e**AS FEATURED IN HRH THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALLS BOOK CLUB, THE READING ROOM**A masterpiece The Sunday TimesIn 1941, Irne Nmirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. Nmirovskys death in Auschwitz in 1942 prevented her from seeing the day, sixtyfive years later, that the existing two sections of her planned novel sequence, Suite Franaise, would be rediscovered and hailed as a masterpiece.Set during the year that France fell to the Nazis, Suite Franaise falls into two parts. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation. Suite Franaise is a novel that teems with wonderful characters struggling with the new regime. However, amidst the mess of defeat, and all the hypocrisy and compromise, there is hope. True nobility and love exist, but often in surprising places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45900843942086,"sku":"DADAX0099488787","price":59.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81zx9qN9UML.jpg?v=1780318505","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/suite-francaise","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}