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... Museum - Richard Fortey The Future Eaters: An Ecological History Of The Australian Lands And People - Tim Flannery Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky War Journal: My Five Years In Iraq - Richard Engel The Sleeping Buddha: The Story Of Afghanistan Through The Eyes Of One Family - ...

For January, I am setting aside Suite Francaise (fiction) and Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (non-fiction). So that will be in addition to the second book in The Emigrants tetralogy by Vilhelm Moberg that I will be reading for the January Reading Globally theme of Sweden. I ...

... of a yellow sun by African author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. About 4 people in the lead up and during the Biafra war. Suite Française by French writer Irene Nemirovski. Small Island by Andrea Levy, set in Jamaica and Britain, about race relations, loved the humour in this. Another ...

#183 - thanks for the recommendation I am reading Suite Francaise at the moment, and it's very good. The reproductions of the letters of the author's husband as he frantically tries to track her down after her arrest and before his own arrest and deportation to Auschwitz are very poignant.

... here more than Boy Scouts at Philmont. But the traffic has been really slow. From the library of Grelobe, I selected Suite Francaise. From mine, I'll suggest Zuleika Dobson. I do love snooping through libraries. More players, more players, more players!

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

... by David Liss - Completed 1 Sep 09 - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Completed 20 Mar 09 - Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky - Completed 18 Mar 09 - Between Two Seas by Carmine Abate - Completed 20 Mar 09 - The Talisman Ring by Ge ...

Thanks so much Stasia. I forgot I have Suite Francaise on my bookshelf, the others I will hunt down.

Netherland (my #36) is a fine novel - well worth reading, and it sits along side Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise as the two best novels I've read this year. Only a slightly unsatisfactory ending keeps it to 4.5 rather than 5 stars.

OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.

... from French) 2. 3. 4. 5. Possible candidates: Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin Masks by Fumiko Enchi Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

... with nothing for her and 7 books for myself. Sounds about right, right? The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovski The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Darcy & Elizabeth, nights and days at Pemberley by Linda Berdoll A Sicilian Roma ...

... by David Liss - Completed 1 Sep 09 - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Completed 20 Mar 09 - Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky - Completed 18 Mar 09 - Between Two Seas by Carmine Abate - Completed 20 Mar 09 - The Talisman Ring by Ge ...

... - The Trial by Franz Kafka L - The Boat by Nam Le M - The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan N - Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky O - The Famished Road by Ben Okri P - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Q - R - The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe S - The Pi ...

... A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision by Davis D. Joyce Anger by May Sarton Scandinavians In History by S. M. Toy ...

67. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Fiction. Unfinished volume by Nemirovsky, who died during WWII. The stories take place during the evacuation of Paris (A Storm in June) and in a French village occupied by German forces (Dolce). I was lukewarm about A Storm in June, but absolutely ...

Finished Suite Francaise and started A Pale View of the Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro...already read Remains of the Day but wanted to read an Ishiguro along with the group :)

177. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky- It's kind of an out of body experience to read a French novel about German occupation in WWII that is so kind to the German soldiers. Written by a French person. A Jewish French person. Who died in the Holocaust. There is little to no mention of the Jewish ...

... thread and here you are. You have been reading some good works while I've been gone. I picked up 3 recx from you; Suite Francaise, Fire in the Blood and of course, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Thanx a lot!~!~! Coraline sounded good too, but I am afraid if I start Gaiman, I ...

... by Ivan Turgenev (fiction) Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (fiction) The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (mystery) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (fiction) The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson (YA) The Braided World by Kay Kenyon (sci fi) 1984 by George Orwell (sci fi) ...

I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Already read Remains of the Day, but look forward to the discussion!

I have gotten tired of waiting for Suite Francaise to be available from the library, and have substituted Dragon Village instead. I found this one at the thrift store, and it looks like a really good find. It's the story of the Chinese Revolution in 1949 and the rise of the Communists. I'm ...

Two books left! I'm waiting on Suite Francaise from the library and it's taking forever, and my daughter borrowed A Countess Below Stairs and can't find it in her room. So if I don't have either book by Tuesday at the latest, I'm going to substitute something else. I still want to read those ...

>38 It's not on the list but I liked Némirovsky's All our Worldly goods better than Suite Francaise. I think if she'd had the opportunity to finish SF it would have been a better piece, but the contrast between the compassionate way she wrote about the invading german soilders in SF and the ...

Hi! I really loved Suite Francaise and thought the back story made it all the more compelling. I couldn't help but think what a truly great book it could have been if it had been completed. Too high expectations have ruined a few books for me as well.

I've finished Suite Francaise. I think my problem with it was that it was an unfinished manuscript. I found the appendices far more fascinating. Also finished She and I'm not sure quite what I think about that. I have now started Disgrace and am about to start reading Ethan Frome via Dail ...

I finished Suite Francaise last week but it's taken a while to process all of my thoughts about it. It's a long one, so I'll just summarize my review here and then link to the full version for those who are interested. 23. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky This novel has a ...

... in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt Small Island by Andrea Levy Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Then some books I had requested were ready at the library to pick up so I took home: Hamlet: a novel by John Marsden (YA) Deadly ...

... Fury at university, and loved it. I can cross it off the list. #96 I loved the Name of the Rose. #91 Moi aussi with Suite Francaise. For me, it's a bit of a plodder. I keep picking it up and putting it down, which doesn't do it any justice. Maybe I need to start again. I'm wanting to ...

... picked up another book from that Beach Reads display, Shannon Hale's The Actor and the Housewife, for light reading after Suite Francaise. I've seen it get good comments around here so I'm hoping it'll be better than this last one!

... thought “WTF?” Overall: Not worth it. Try The Nanny Diaries instead. ------------ Currently reading: Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky

I'm reading Suite Francaise which made version 2. It's an interesting slant on WW2 but it's not really grabbing me. I'm also reading She through DailyLit. I won't finish that this month though.

... more from her. This was a pretty solid first effort. --------------- Currently reading: - Part 5 of Anna Karenina - Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky

... Runner by Khaled Hosseini Geek Love by Katherine Dunn The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Road by Cormac McCarthy I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb White Olea ...

... run the second, etc. As for titles, I will just throw out a couple that I already have on my TBR! The Robber Bride Suite Francaise The Shipping News The Stone Diaries The Remains of the Day Love in the Time of Cholera Slaughterhouse-five The Magus A Farewell to Arms ...

Read Suite Francaise next. It's a really good book. I had to write down the names of the characters because I'm so forgetful, but I very much enjoyed the story. In fact, after reading that book, I took another book by the same author out of the library. It was Fire in the Blood. Both my ...

KimB, I did like Suite Francaise but more for its incredibly real depiction of its times. The village, the young women flirting with the occupying soldiers, the fleeing from Paris. All so real, because she wrote it while in the thick of it all. Fascinating. I shall keep my eyes open for All Our W ...

... a picky stage. Finished All Our Worldly Goods last night. A beautiful novel. Astounding. I liked it better than Suite Francaise. In 200 pages Nemirovsky coveyed a huge amount. Highly recommended. I'll be looking out for more of her novels.

... or my unwillingness to enjoy a book unless I can identify with one or more main characters. The first time I tried to read Suite Francaise I was unaware of the author's own story and didn't look at the appendices. I just thought "blech" and put it down. Later I saw reviews on LT and found out ...

Interesting review. Most reviews of Suite Francaise have been laudatory, but all mention the history of the author. I wonder if the author's story overshadows the novel and alters people's reactions to it.

Since finishing my #22, The House at Riverton, I picked up Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky for the second time. Unfortunately, I dropped it again because I just don't like her characters or her writing style. Given the fact that the book is the first two parts, unfinished, of a larger ...

45. Suite Francaise this book was a late addition to my Historical Fiction category, after a good friend told me how good it was. First, the fact that this author's manuscript remained unknown for more than sixty years is incredible. Additionally, the author never had a chance to complete her ...

Sorry to report that I have abandoned Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky for the second time. I read the first 100 pages and just don't like her characters, nor even her writing style. However, I did go to the back of the book and read through the letters that detail some of what happened to the ...

#122 I just finished Suite Francaise today. Admittedly, I put it down and picked it up a few times, but then I became engrossed in it and thought it was great. I guess I had to be in the mood for it, if that makes sense.

Finished The House at Riverton and will start Suite Francaise later tonight. Riverton was a nice gothic with an unforseeable twist that harkens back a ways in the story. I enjoyed it very much. And I resurrected Suite Francaise from the bottom of a bag of books being donated because of reviews ...

... and Michael S.A. Graziano 22. The Lakes of Mars by Chris Orsman 23. Winter Study by Nevada Barr 24. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 25. Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) by Joss Whedon 26. India After Gandhi by Ramachandra G ...

23. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky Coincidentally, I am reading this book as President Obama visits the site of a Nazi concentration camp. As a young girl, Irene Nemirovsky and her wealthy Jewish banking family fled to France from Russia in 1919 following the Bolshevik Revolution, ...

23. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky Coincidentally, I am reading this book as President Obama visits the site of a Nazi concentration camp. As a young girl, Irene Nemirovsky and her wealthy Jewish banking family fled to France from Russia in 1919 following the Bolshevik Revolution, ...

24. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Irene Nemirovsky had written only two of the planned five parts of her novel about the invasion and occupation of France by Germany in World War 2 when she ...

I'm in a small village in occupied France 1942 in Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

... Abbey and The Castle of Otranto. I really enjoyed all of these. There was one that I did not finish this month, Suite Francaise. I might go back to it at some point, I just was not in the mood to read about WWII at the time.

I'm finally reading Suite Francaise -- and for my Non-Fiction selection, This is Your Brain on Music. But my garden is starting to take priority over reading, as it does every spring!

... history of that time and particularly the Mass Observation diaries, but I'm also thinking of reading Charlotte Gray and Suite Francaise as well. I'm also on the 50 Book Challenge thread and I tend to put my impressions of books there. The Road is the first book I've read this year that I've ...

... Brothers by Stephen Ambrose is, of course, amazing. Citizen Soldiers and D-Day June 6, 1944 are also wonderful. Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky) is a beautifully written book by a Jewish woman living in France before the occupation. It tells stories of fleeing the Germans and of ...

I second Suite Francaise.

cmbohn, some suggestions for WWII: Suite Francaise Tales of the South Pacific - the James Michener short stories that the musical was based on. Catch 22 I'm a bit late though - your Historical Fiction category seems to be full. Also recommending Possession - Victorian.

I am back and forth with Suite Francaise and A Daughter's a Daughter, Westmacott .

26. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky - finished 4/13/09 Nemirovsky's unfinished novel about France during World War II. Very striking, with her usual talent for describing the human condition and ...

... the sort of approach that could either turn out brilliant or completely tiresome. I'm almost done with the audiobook of Suite Francaise, which I have found quite moving. This is my third or sixth Nemirovsky (depending on how you count), so I've already experience her talent for ...

Thanks for the review, alexdaw! I bought Suite Francaise at a campus book sale last summer and I can't wait to get into it. I've seen it pop up in this group a few times recently, all great comments like yours, so I'm looking forward to it. Are you planning to read Fire in the Blood as well?

Right - no 9 - can you believe it Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. What can I say? It is the best book I've read in a long time. I don't know why I like it so much. She manages to capture the ordinary everyday feelings of her subjects at a time of great upheaval. The translation I ...

... by Irene Nemirovsky at the moment and will be heartbroken when I've finished Don't be heartbroken. I, too, loved Suite Francaise. Please go on and read Fire in the Blood (by the same author) which I loved even more than Suite Francaise. My husband loved both books as well. Su ...

Hello everyone out there in Easter holiday land. It's a rainy day in Brisbane - perfect for reading. I am really enjoying Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky at the moment and will be heartbroken when I've finished. It is so good. I just love her writing. I have just finished the funny ...

Book Started: In Defense of Food Category: Audiobooks Although I'm still rockin' Suite Francaise in the car, I decided I needed an audiobook to get me through the tedium of job applications and income tax forms. So far, enjoying it, though I think I'm familiar with most of the arguments ...

My copy turned up from the Book Depository today. I'll be back as soon as I've read it. It's competing with Suite Francaise by Irene Demirovsky at the moment which I'm really enjoying.

... ld The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris Empire Falls by Richard Russo The Translation of Dr. Apel ...

... read. I heard about it from LT members who praised it. I'd also recommend The Book Thief by Markus Susak and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. The first set in WWII Berlin and the second in WWII France. Your list of books you enjoyed would be the same as mine, so I ...

Finished Suite Francaise (book 8) this morning. Really loved it but was of course a bit sad that it was an unfinished book.

Hi Whisper--Yup, the Holocaust books need to be read in stages. Suite Francaise itself is not about the Holocaust--but the afterword is and it is devastating. Thanks for stopping by alcottacre. I will definitely keep Nemirovsky in mind. Print book 11 (total 13) Lying on the Couch by Irvin ...

#21: Since you liked Suite Francaise, I would encourage you to read the book of novellas by Nemirovsky that was recently released. It contains 4 short novellas of hers and you can really see her growth as a writer in reading them. I read Suite Francaise last year and I agree with you - it ...

... Midwives all that much. Anyway, I'm liking Skeletons at the Feast the opening which reminds me a bit of the opening of Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. In both books a family of refugees are fleeing from an enemy nation trying to occupy their own European nation. Somehow, I ...

HI Streamsong. I'm placing Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky on my tbr pile. I will wait a bit to read it though. I finished Devil's Arithmetic last night and that was also a compelling book regarding the holocaust.

... The title character is a young girl growing up in Buenos Aires in the late '60s-early '70s. I'm also listening to Suite Francaise on audiobook.

... I finished Me and Mr. Darcy (book 7). This was a cute read although a bit predictable at times. I have started on Suite Francaise which I am already loving!

I just completed Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky this morning. I haven't read any of her other books, and this is an incomplete draft of her final novel. She was working on it when she was sent to Auschwitz where she died. I liked the book, and appreciated the Appendix, which ...

I completed book #13 today: Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky this morning. I haven't read any of her other books, and this is an incomplete draft of her final novel. She was working on it when she was sent to Auschwitz where she died. I liked the book, and appreciated the Appendix, ...

... started Roberto Arlt's The Mad Toy. I'm still checking in with the gauchos in La guerra gaucha. I'm also listening to Suite Francaise on audiobook and finding it quite absorbing.

... with writing his book, In Cold Blood, which I knew nothing about before. Now I'm in about 1942 - towards the end of Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

... in The Night Battles. I am also still following a group of Parisians in their attempts to flee the Nazi War machine in Suite Francaise. If that isn't enough globe hopping, I hope to make a visit to the seedy underside of Buenos Aires in the next few days for Arlt's The mad toy.

... the short story collection La guerra gaucha, both of which are about gauchos (Argentine cowboys). I'm also listening to Suite Francaise on audiobook.

... a more appropriate title would be "Adventures Dealing with my Crazy Neighbor in France." CarlosMcRey - I hope you enjoy Suite Francaise! It took me a few tries to get into it, but then it became fantastic.

... be decentralized. Facundo started life as a gaucho before becoming involved with Rosas and the civil war. Book Started: Suite Francaise Category: Audiobooks Irene Nemirovsky's uncompleted novel of a French family during WWII. I've already read a couple of her other works (Fire in the Bl ...

... series of short stories related to the role of gauchos in the War of Latin Maerican Independence. I started listening to Suite Francaise this morning. As with some other works of hers, there's an interesting portrayal of an upper class family, but not much has happened yet.

... Argentine general, last night after finishing Martin Fierro. And this morning, I started listening to the audiobook of Suite Francaise.

... Nemirovsky had 9 books published before WWll besides what was published posthumously. What a wonderful writer! I enjoyed Suite Francaise hugely. Even though I knew at the outset that she had died in Auschwitz, still, the appendices of the book--letters by her family frantically searching for ...

... in the way. I'll have to play it by ear. I'll definitely get more Gaiman read. Thanks for the recommendation. Book 7. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky An amazing novel of France under the Nazi occupation during WWII. I knew before I started the book that the author had died in Aus ...

... Literature (General) : Anne Fadiman - Ex-Libris PQ French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese : Irene Nemirovsky - Suite Francaise PR English Literature : Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle PS American Literature : Paul Bowles - Days: A Tangier Diary PT German, Du ...

... to another party, but here's my list, in order: The March by E. L. Doctorow Restoration by Rose Tremain Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Sorry by Gail Jones The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent The Lady Elizabeth by Alsion Weir The Commoner ...

Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky completed two parts of a planned five. The first section, Storm in June, covers the panicked flight from Paris. Most of the people Nemirovsky describes here are concerned with saving their possessions and maintaining a comfortable existence, goals that ...

... this week. So without further ado, this week's reads: 75. David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky - I read Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise last year and really enjoyed it, so when my local library got in a copy of David Golder, I was wondering if I would feel the same. The volume that I got ...

... secretive people. A young man is murdered and gradually the secrets of the past are revealed. Trite compared to Suite Francaise. Still gathering my thoughts on what impressed me so much about SF.

Hi Pam - glad to find your thread here. I was interested to see that, although Suite Francaise gets the full 5 stars, her other two books manage only a 3.5 (having just bought Fire in the Blood for a couple of bucks yesterday). I wonder if some of the acclaim for SF comes from the ...

... from the musical that goes something like "I've come to wive wealthily in Padua!" I'm still in Nazi occupied France with Suite Francaise, the selection for the real life book club on Thrusday. Author Irene Nemirovsky died in a concentration camp, leaving the Suite unfinished.

I haven't started it, yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I just finished To Kill a Mockingbird and have started on Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

... Wikipedia article about that book. I also loved Suite Francaise which is not like the kind of novel I usually read. What interested me in reading this book in the first place was the history of the author. Both my ...

... to be a truly eye opening book about the Sudanese Civil War and Diaspora. Highly recommended. 4.5 stars I'm now onto Suite Francaise for the real life book club. So far it's an amazing look at life in France as the Nazi invasion took place. The author, Irene Nemirovsky, died in a ...

... hener - The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky - Completed 18 Mar 09 5. Mystery/Thriller - Operation Nassau - Rift Zone by Raelynn Hillhouse - High Stakes by Dick Fr ...

Ghostwalk sounds fascinating. Thanks for mentioning it! I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky for the real life book club. It's a fascinating novel of the German occupation of France during WWll. I'm just at the beginning as the refugees are leaving Paris. Nemirovsky herself died in ...

... The Dark Room till you mentioned it - looks excellent. And thanks for giving me one to skip! I've read Night and Suite Francaise but not the others (yet...)

... Night, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall), Bernhard Schlink's The Reader,Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise, Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room,and many good graphic novels- Art Spiegleman's Maus-both 1 and 2, and Miriam Katin's We are on Our Own. Th ...

... Night, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall), Bernhard Schlink's The Reader,Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room,and many good graphic novels- Art Spiegleman's Maus-both 1 and 2, and Miriam Katin's We are on Our Own. Th ...

... Durrell and The Cigar Roller by Pablo Medina to one of my best friends yesterday. My friend's daughter was eyeing Suite Francaise so longingly, I felt compelled to give it to her this morning.

... a story by Boyle. I'll go add her to the pile. Thanks! Irene Nemirovsky sounds like a close match. Have you read Suite Francaise yet? I can recommend it.

I had read it before, but I decided to re-read Suite Francaise again this year. I'm not going to count it towards my book challenge since I'd already read this book 2 years ago. It's such a wonderful book - and despite it being an unfinished work, it's still a very satisfying read

... and an interesting look into the mind of a stroke victim in The Cigar Roller by Pablo Medina, I've decided to re-read Suite Francaise and enjoying every minute of this human study. I love how she introduces and exposes to us a little at a time, the complexities that make up the human ...

Finished David Golder. I read this partly because Suite Francaise was such a good book and partly because it was published in 1929. Project 1929 David Golder is a ruthless Jewish businessman whose life has been devoted to ...

... over the #10,000 mark. However, I did get my first order today. I received The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, and The Good Mother by Sue Miller. I also received The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter from a used book dealer in the ...

Moved this tally to post #2.

... will not need to count these in the total - will read many better books to put in the crime category. Currently reading Suite Francaise and She Shall Have Murder.

Hola GUG Totally welcome to steal my technique. I did hate that Suite Francaise was unfinished. I really enjoyed the first two parts (IN had 6 parts planned) and wanted to see what she would have done with the rest of it. I'm glad to hear you're going to try Special Topics in Calamity ...

Let me put in a good word for Suite Francaise. Don't let knowing that it is an unfinished novel put you off to reading it. It's excellent. Each part of the book is a novella in and of itself. Before you read the book, though, read a bit about the author, Irene Nemirovsky, first. That will ...

Hola GUG I've only read Suite Francaise by her. It was a group read with one of my book clubs. I've also heard the same thing about her. I don't remember very much of it in that book though, but I read it awhile ago. I put all my 4 and 5 star authors (since I started using LT) in my ...

... has it as a recommendation for The Secret History. Hmmm...in the recommendations for The Secret History there's also Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, whom I see you're a fan of. Haven't read anything by her, though I have heard that, despite the fact that she was a Jew, she portrays Je ...

... My Holocaust theme started sometime early fall 2008 with Skeletons of the Feast by Chris Bohjalian, which referenced Suite Francaise. I liked Skeletons best, although I have only read the first 'suite' of Suite Francaise. I need to finish it; I took a break before the second 'suite' ...

Petermc - oh man, all of those go on my TBR list - Suite Francaise was already there :) For Holocaust memoirs, try Night and Survival in Auschwitz.

... As for the Holocaust, I look forward to seeing your selection. My TBR list this year includes some related material... Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky - the first two parts of an unfinished work (of five parts) about German occupied France. Nemirovsky, a Jewish, Russian immigrant, and ...

... Carlson 7. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde 6. Othello by William Shakespeare 5. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4. What is the What by Dave Eggers 3. Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan 2. White Teeth by Zadie Smith 1 ...

... s 33 Animal's People by Indra Sinha 34 Falling Man by Don de Lillo 35 Small Island by Andrea Levy 36 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky***** 37 The Human Stain by Philip Roth 38 Bartleby & Co by Enrique Vila-Mats 39 The Zookeeper's War by Steven Cont ...

... may have to be split.... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Books listed in two catagories: 1. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Girlybooks and Reading Globally 2. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Reading Globally and Girlybooks (could also be spiritual ...

... 2/4/2009 3. Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya: What is the What by Dave Eggers 4 stars finished 2/13/2009 4. France Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4.5 stars (2 catagories--Girlybooks & Reading Globally) finished 2/23/2009 5. Bosnia People of the Book by Geraldine Brook ...

... 1/23/2009 2.The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan 4 stars Girlybooks Orange January; finished 2/04/2009 3. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4 stars Two catagories--Reading globally and girlybooks finished 2/23/2009. 4.People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 4 ...

... Finished July 24 55. Atonement Finished July 22 Ordinary Heroes 45. Suite Francaise Finished June 8 38 Ragtime Finished April 15 36. Bleeding Heart Square Finished Apr ...

... and Michael S.A. Graziano 22. The Lakes of Mars by Chris Orsman 23. Winter Study by Nevada Barr 24. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Original First Post Yay, the Christmas holidays have started - time at last to get some reading done. ...

... Shakespeare: The World As stage Bill Bryson 1/2009 823.900 God is an Englishman Delderfield, R. L. long ago 843.912 Suite Francaise Nemirovsky, Irene 12/08 851.100 Inferno Dante 4/09 853.914 Shape of Water Camilleri, Andrea 2/09 859.320 Little Fingers Filip Florian 7/09 863.000 ...

... 3 books in the mail today: Flight of Aquavit by Anthony Bidulka The Sea King's Daughter by Barbara Michaels Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky I'm especially pleased with the last one because this is to replace the copy I had which I had lent someone who not only didn't ...

Shortlist: A Pale View of Hills, Middlesex, Suite Francaise and Slaughterhouse Five. And the winner is: Suite Francaise. Poignant & unforgettable.

What a good way to get through some of your book pile!... I loved Suite Francaise and Pride and Prejudice. I read the Poisonwood Bible at last this year and enjoyed it, mostly, but found it a bit overdone near the end. Have fun!

... my top 10: The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara Eagle in the Snow, Wallace Breem Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky Lavondyss, Robert Holdstock

... Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

... I have sampled a few from my local library recently, incl. Fire in the Blood, Le Bal and Snow in Autumn. For me, Suite Francaise is her best work.

... Gaskell The Warden by Anthony Trollope A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones The Deportees and Other Stories by Roddy Doyle Lady Susan by Jane Austen Afterwards ...

... The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, but it looks like something I would like, so on to Continent TBR it goes. As far as Suite Francaise goes, I read it earlier this year and enjoyed it very much. Other works of Nemirovsky are being published as well, so I am going to track them down, too. I ...

... have his beautiful memoir of how to be positive in the most dire of circumstances. 30. Also finished listening to Suite Francaise on my drive to the gym last night. I really enjoyed this book. While I am very familiar with WWII history, my knowledge has been concentrated on the German, ...

Just dropped by and all these familiar names are in the group :-) I hope everyone enjoys Suite Francaise (or enjoyed, by now, its getting close to December after all, as if anyone needed reminding :-) I've broken my bookring reading block and finished off 3 this month. A Thousand Splendid ...

7. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Unfinished WWII novel in which the writer tells storbout several families living in occupied France. It is moving and interesting.

I bought Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky today at the library's store. #178 cameling: I'm so glad you have Bitter Lemons! Not many people read about Cyprus.

Suite Francaise and Three Cups of Tea one in the car and the other in the house while cooking, sewing etc. Both wonderful books--I can remember having read several books about WWII but none centered in France. "three cups" as it's affectionately known in this house is so touching. It is a ...

VII. Audiobooks 1. Duma Key 2. The Yiddish Policemen's Union 3. Suite Francaise 4. Something Wicked This Way Comes 5. Breakfast of Champions 6. In Defense of Food 7.

... posted a review so you can see my comments there. Am reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, and listening to Suite Francaise which I'm really enjoying- have done a lot of reading about Americans, Germans and Japanses involvement in WWII, but not the French...quite a new ...

World at War 1-Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon 2-The Wall by John Hersey 3-Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4-Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 5-All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarfqua 6-Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 7-The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins ...

... on that one later. Pale Fire is still sitting on the coffee table and will be coming up again soonish, but I'm afraid Suite Francaise may have to wait a while yet, Miss-Owl.

Just a brief note to recommend the Sandra Smith translation of Suite Française, which I read last month. I had no access to the original French, but this English rendition read beautifully, just as if it were an original version, which I suppose is all that I ask of a translation. I recently ...

Slaughter-House 5 is one of my all-time favorites. Of WWII books, Suite Francaise, Stones from the River, City of Thieves, Skeletons at the Feast, Five Quarters of the Orange, and The Book Thief are some of my favorites. I appreciate books that serve as reminders of the toll the war ...

#12 If you liked Suite Francaise (I did too), then you should try Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney . :)

Couldn't agree with you more, MarianV. I've just finished Suite Francaise - a deeply moving account of the Nazi invasion of France. As an antipodean, it's a revelation of some very different narratives I'd never heard before, told with authenticity & veracity from someone who lived this era, ...

... did I, until I marked this extremely informative story yesterday :D In terms of real literature I'm just wrapping up Suite Francaise. Are you up to it yet, crimson-tide? As wookiebender said, it's the astounding veracity of it that just knocks my little socks off. Nemirovsky is so utterly ...

... - John Ash (read June 2009) Seeds Of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind - Henry Hobhouse (read July 2009) Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (read June 2009) Panther Soup: Travels Through Europe In War And Peace - John Gimlette (read April 2009) Homegrown Democrat: A Few ...

... reading"... so jealous, freelunch, so jealous :) Not sure if "enjoying" is the right terminology here, but I'm finding Suite Francaise a great read. I know so many historical events simply as monoliths that to get individual stories from the perspective of someone who was really there, ...

... to go off and find more of the same too fast. We obviously have similar TBRs Miss-Owl. I also have Middlesex and Suite Francaise waiting in the wings.

... between Greece & Turkey, through to Prohibition era & race riots of the sixties. An epic & memorable read. Next up, Suite Francaise. I really should be reading Pale Fire but am having readers' block with that for the moment. How are you going with it, crimson-tide?

... So far, I find her books to revolve much around themes, and either it clicks or it doesn't. I also thought the 2nd part of Suite Francaise was the stronger, more interesting of the two parts. I think what makes it unsatisfying for some is that there are so many characters whose potential or ...

... ago... " Same here. I also picked this up recently, but haven't read it yet. I have to say I was underwhelmed by Suite Francaise. I had to read it for a RL book group. I thought the writing was good, if bland, but it seemed that nothing really happened. At least in the first part ...

... Front by Erich Maria Remarque -- Fiction, WWI, a classic I should have read years ago... lives up to its reputation. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky -- Fiction, WWII France as Germans invade; was quite taken with this one, even in its unfinished form (IN finished only 2 out 5 parts ...

Well I've just left World War 2 France Suite Francaise and am with Tarod and Cyllan flirting with Chaos on Earth The Master. However I hope to soon rejoin Miles Vorkosigan on Komarr!

... are just pure cheekiness. But then again, it could be the meaning of life. He's very deadpan, so I can never tell. :) Suite Francaise is one of those books that grew on me. I enjoyed it (especially the second part), but my socks weren't knocked off. I was going to bookcross my copy, but it' ...

... a while: all my bookrings have arrived at once! Now, to start on Pale Fire first, or Middlesex, or White Noise, or Suite Francaise... Pale Fire should be first up by date of arrival in the house, but it's crying out to be read in a coffee shop. I usually get most reading done ...

... a while: all my bookrings have arrived at once! Now, to start on Pale Fire first, or Middlesex, or White Noise, or Suite Francaise... Pale Fire should be first up by date of arrival in the house, but it's crying out to be read in a coffee shop. I usually get most reading done ...

Suite Francaise This book essentially contains two novellas, the first involves the evacuation of Paris in the face of WWII German invasion. The second tells the story of the German occupation of a small French village. The manuscript is recently discovered of a Jewish author in hiding who ...

57. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

... this here as it's certainly not a history, but I've enjoyed a very pleasant and enlightening couple of weeks with the novel Suite Française. As many will already know, this is nominally a work of fiction, but I feel that a novel can often tell history in a way a treatise simply cannot. The work ...

... lives near me and make that a summer project. Today I went to B&N to bu the new translation of Kristin Lavransdatter & Suite Francaise, and to check out The Name of the Wind to see if I wanted to read it. They didn't have any of them and they kindly called Borders for me (across the ...

... to give LTer's first dibs. Please send me a message if you'd like either of these: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

... Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman Fish (Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library) by Joyce Esersky Goldstein Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field by Terry Tempest Williams A Question of Choice by Sarah Weddington Great B ...

I thought Colcorton was wonderful, and I found the heroine very believable. I liked the dialect and all the characters except the sister-in-law who I felt was a blank. The main weaknesses of the plot, imo were the idea that Abby was a mulatta but that it was not noticeable, and that the family ...

#201 blackdogbooks: Suite Francaise is a bit disjointed at times, but to me, that added to the appeal and charm of the book - are things not disjointed in times of war? As far as Charles de Lint goes, yes, it was the first book of his that I had read, but it definitely will not be the ...

Someone I know did not enjoy Suite Francaise all that much because it seemed a bit disjointed. I still plan to try it. Is that your first de Lint? I got onto him because of one of my 100 best lists. I found a list that was put together by ordinary readers as opposed to critics or ...

>197 It's a great list and a wonderful achievement, allcottacre. I say BRAVO to you! >199 I really enjoyed Suite Francaise too. Have you read any of Nemirovsky's other books?

... series 310. Wellington at Waterloo by Jac Weller - nonfiction; military history of the famous battle 311. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky - I really liked this one 312. Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz - I wish this one had been longer, but on the other hand, ...

... by Irene Nemirovsky (don't know how to make accents with my keyboard - ha!). I throughly enjoyed this one. I really loved Suite Francaise by her, and her ability to create real and likable characters shines again in this one. I definitely recommend this book. I am now curious to read her ...

Richard, I just recently purchased Suite Francaise will have to move it up on the TBR pile. I also got the sequel to that (can't remember the title off the top of my head right now). I have heard great things about both books.

I've finished The Shadow of the Torturer as of last night and thank goodness I had Suite Francaise to lighten my mood. A book by a woman who died in the Holocaust that's about the accommodations reached by the French villagers to the occupying Germans was a lightener. I agree with L ...

... unfolds...knowing as Nemirovsky doesn't, couldn't know the real ending I've been hemming and hawing about getting Suite Francaise, even though I've been hearing the raves on LT, but your description just cinched it for me. It sounds like a wonderful book.

... the uneasy feeling that this was a retelling of the Titanic story from the POV of the activities director. I finished Suite Francaise last night and what a gorgeous book it is! The sensory reality of this novel, the perfect pitch of the characters' voices, the foreboding one feels as the ...

>77 cameling, when you come visit LI this fall I will give you my copy of Suite Francaise, which I finished last night. It's a lovely, lovely book and one enjoyed reading greatly, but I don't think I will re-read it soon. And for a buck, sheesh, take the darn thing. I have two itsy little two-s ...

> 75: richardderus, I loved Suite Francaise and my copy was passed around to friends so often that it literally fell apart. This is a book I'd consider a timeless classic. It is so well written and so full of detail. She certainly brought out the fragility of life and how things can change ...

... anything by him before and this is the first of his books to be translated into English. What better place to start? Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovky--the bookstore guy loves this book, and since I'm there so much and spend money, he gave it to me for a buck on the promise that I'd ...

... a new challenge... so 75 is a good start! Here's where I'm up to in 2008. 1. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett 2. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (although strictly speaking only finished this year) 3. Mirrorscape - Mike Wilks 4. A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil ...

... unfortunately (some I've reviewed elsewhere), but it's on my to-do list. 1. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett 2. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (although strictly speaking only finished this year) 3. Mirrorscape - Mike Wilks 4. A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil ...

I loved, loved, loved Suite Francaise. It was one of my favorite audios last year. Enjoy!

just finished the power of myth which i had read eons ago. yesterday i started suite francaise. this is the first time i download from the library. downloading is very convenient but in this format the tracks are 1hr long each. yikes. i am really really enjoying suite francaise. great ...

... then put it down and find my attention straying to the next one in the pile. (Like right now I'm looking at a dusty copy of Suite Francaise that failed to pull me in.)

... then I made a trip to my local library and picked up: The Plague of Doves, The Reading Group, Nine Coaches Waiting, Suite Francaise, River Town, and Olive Kitteridge.

... period that is at least on equal footing with the plot and themes of the novel. A good example might be Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise. She wrote that book as events were happening. We might look upon it now as historical because WWII is behind us, but I regard it as General Literature ...

Top books #1 Cold comfort farm #2 Straight man #3 The Yiddish policemen's union #4 The age of innocence #5 Suite Francaise Dissapointments The enchantress of Florence Goodbye to Berlin Sorry by Gail Jones

... #5 Straight man #6 The Yiddish policemen's union #7 Any human heart #8 Age of innocence #9 Dark places #10 Suite Francaise

... better than read are: The Book Thief which is an excellent book, but I found much more compelling when read aloud. Suite Francaise is another audio that I could listen to again and again. A Short History of Nearly Everything is one that I peruse over and over again because the ...

>82 No themes, just coincidence! >84 Yes, that is my own copy of the Maugham. I hope to read Suite Francaise in the near future!

... per me è molto difficile trovarne solo 5. Ci penso ormai da una settimana e sono giunta a questo:il dolore perfetto,,suite francese,l'anima e il suo destino,possessione,siddharta.

... copy of The Catcher in the Rye, a Pocket Book that cost 50 cents! Your description of This Above All makes me think of Suite Francaise, which was written when Nemirovsky didn't know the war's outcome. However, it is very well written -- have you read it? If not, I suspect you would like ...

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky? I haven't read it yet, but it seems like a possible opening line.

... I have had much more time to listen to audiobooks, so after finishing three (short ones) last week, I'm just getting into Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

50. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Suite Francaise was written only three years after Miss Pettigrew was published. How different is the world that Nemirovsky describes. War has broken out, France is being overrun by German soldiers. Her plan was to write a book about what was ...

Not Suite Francaise...although the "French" allusion was a very good start....sorry for lack of faster response.....crazy couple of days.

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovski Sorry, spelling is terrible. ET fix terrible spelling

... 1- The Ministry of Special Cases byNathan Englander 2- the glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls 3- suite française by Irene Nemirovsky 4- a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini 5- for the relief of unbearable urges by Nathan Englander 6- Black & ...

I am torn between three that I already own: A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and March by Gwendolyn Brooks. I'm leaning toward March, but unsure whether that means I should re-read Little Women first to enrich the experience. If so, I ...

... picked it myself, but Meacham is very readable and engaging. It also offered some helpful background for my WWII class. Suite Française continued the WWII theme nicely. Now I hate to give in to all the hype, but Nemirovsky's writing is just beautiful. The novel was unputdownable, and it's a ...

I totally scored at a book sale a few days ago: The Known World, Suite Francaise, America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, and Free Food for Millionaires. I'm reading the last one right now and lovin' it. I'm a sucker for a good coming-of-age story, and it takes place in Manhatt ...

... celebration of my college graduation this coming weekend, today I bought The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, and Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. And I'm excited to read them all...

1- The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander 2- the glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls 3- suite française by Irene Nemirovsky 4- a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini 5- for the relief of unbearable urges by Nathan Englander 6- black & ...

Suite Francaise?

I kind of like the personal comments, myself. It's interesting to read how books affect people. Interesting comments on Suite Francaise, also. I keep thinking about buying that one and not doing it. One of these days I am going to pick it up.

Three packages arrived in the mail today, all from friends sharing books! On a Day Like This by Peter Stamm Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Love those red-letter days!

36. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Affected me a lot more than I thought it would--I think the hype about the author's life in reviews obscures how incredibly painful the stories are. I'll be thinking of this one for a long time to come.

... in the Washington DC metro area, found Wickler's novel especially interesting. I also loved two books I recently read by Irene Nemirovsky, a French writer who died of illness in Auschwitz. Read Fire in the Blood or the more popular Suite Francaise. Fire in the Blood is about a Frenchma ...

#146 I read Suite Francaise and I understand why it was difficult to stick with, but you should read the notes at the end of the book. The life of the manuscript is another story in itself.

#145-I tried to get into Suite Francaise, but gave up on it. Just didn't grab my interest.

I was listening to the audio of Suite Francaise and the middle of disc 2 just ejected the disc. Maybe its better to read rather than listen, but somehow I was totally not following the story, I was confused with all the different characters and who they were. It's not that French names confuse ...

karenmarie- I really enjoyed Suite Francaise.......The flight from Paris is really moving!

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

>7 Oooooh! Gee, thanks for posting this, marvas! Very interesting... I've read and can recommend Suite Francaise and Measuring the World is in my list of potential reads.

... : Blood for Dignity: the Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S. Army by David P. Colley (first edition) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and (the real find) . . . Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling. An original printing of an edition published in 1898 ...

... fantastically excited. ~~~~~~~ Next up: I will either finally finish the oft-neglected What is the What or begin on Suite Française. By my calculations I need to read 4/3 books per week from here on out to meet my goal. That's exactly twice my current pace of 2/3 books per week. Outl ...

Do audio books count? If so, I just picked up Suite Francaise on CD from the library.

I've made out of Nazi occupied France in Suite Francaise I had a brief stop over yesterday in Prague in Utz now I'm in Buenos Aires with the El cantor de tango

26. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. A lovely but sometimes sad novel about the ways in which a group of very diverse French citizens endured the German occupation. 27. First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan. I'm a big McEwan fan, but I have to say that I'm glad he shifted ...

... free shipping, I have to wait. Fortunately, I have plenty of good books to fill in the time. I finished my audiobook, Suite Francaise, last night and have started listening to Gaskell's Ruth this afternoon. Both are quite good. I'm almost done with Ian McEwan's First Love, La ...

SqueakyChu, Special Topics in Calamity Physics was one of my favorite novels of 2006, and I'm a big fan of Suite Francaise too.

--> 50 I liked Suite Francaise very much even though it's not the type of book I usually read. Even better than that book was Fire In the Blood, also by Irène Némirovsky. My husband read the latter and thought it was great.

... skimming it, I'm afraid. I'm also reading Mr. Skeffington by Elizabeth von Arnim and listening to the audiobook of Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

... of weeks. If I can do that again this year I'll be happy. So far this year I've read 1. Atonement by Ian McEwan 2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 3. Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale 4. Rough Music by Patrick Gale 5. Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge

... Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson In My Other Life: Stories by Joan Siber And I'm currently reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and Mr. Skeffington by Elizabeth von Armin.

I am in occupied Paris as I'm reading Suite Francaise and in London with Mr. Skeffington.

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Unlike anything I've ever read before in that the author's real-life story almost is always in your thoughts as you read these two novella's. Beautifully written and very, very sad.

I've joined a group of refugees leaving Paris, with the Germans hot on our heels in Suite Francaise.

... Buchi Emecheta, Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz, Adam Zagajewski Wyslawa symborska Kenneth Rexroth, Irene nemirovsky. Philip Larkin The Larkin, Rexroth, Milosz, Zagajewski, Symborska and Herbert were listed because for most of them I finally acquired the complete ...

... by Elizabeth von Arnim for the Girlybooks April group theme (Beauty). I've also just begun the audiobook of Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. #81 I read Atonement before seeing the movie, and I was angry through most of it, too. I love McEwan, but this one is not a ...

... leader. Fire in the Blood - Irene Nemirovsky A love story. A novel that I found even more enchanting than Suite Francaise by the same author who sadly perished by disease in Auschwitz during World War II.

I loved Suite Francaise. I couldn't finish Sarah's Key because the writing wasn't very good. I know some think it's boring, but Cryptonomicon has some good writing about the Pacific theater. Madeleine Bunting's The Model Occupation was one of the inspirations for my book (it's available ...

Absolutely Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I actually listened to it on a wonderful audio. Touching, sad, somewhat humorous, and even charming in the French sort of way. I loved it.

... order: Fiction: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk Intrusions by Ursula Hegi The Sparrow by ...

I'm ready to start a new book and can't decide between Suite Francaise and Priest by Ken Bruen.

Am thoroughly enjoying The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. I have Suite Francaise waiting in the wings.

... Games, Vikram Chandra (India) 7-4. The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende (Chile) 7-5. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky (France) 7-6. The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt) 7-7. The Last Empress, Anchee Min (Chi ...

Suite Française sounds really interesting - I've added it to an ever-growing wish list. Since you mentioned looking for suggestions, I don't know if you've ever read A Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin; you might be interested... Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem can be a difficult ...

... within me. A great short novel. Down the line, I have the following books planned for March: No Country for Old Men Suite Francaise Life of Pi I can't wait!

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi are two of my fav war stories by women.

... and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Life Class by Pat Barker Suite Francaise by Irene Nemerovsky The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy The last three are on my TBR shelf and Life Class is on order, but I ...

... I counted up & I'm still just on the right pace for target - lost the 'lead' I had though. This week I finished Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I wasn't really looking forward to this one due to my having 'tired' of the whole 'war based story' a while ago. Still, based on LT ...

... all week so didn't really get anything new read. Better this week (so far) so 'onward & upwards' 31. (41.) Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (402pp) I was glad I read this one as I ended up really enjoying it. I went through a 'phase' a few years ago when I read everything 'wa ...

... an order for it in our library. I'm reading a non-Asian piece of literature now (for a change), Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, it's quite good, but I do admit I can't wait to get back to my "Asian" pile.

... from the Underground is very hard to read... Have lost interest and I have started reading Replacement Number 6. Suite Francaise by Irene Némirovsky

... we're doing The Catcher in the Rye, in March it's Middlesex, we haven't decided on April yet, and in May we're doing Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. (Touchstones are playing up an awful lot today.)

Finished off Suite Francaise and started Black & White by Dani Shapiro

Suite Francaise is very good. The plot, German occupation of France, and the lives of those who housed them, is well put together. The section on the exodus from Paris is vivid and moving. Great insight into the internal class conflicts of the French at that time. There are sections of the ...

... in Chatswood Westfield's Starbucks on Victoria Avenue, upstairs in the comfy chairs. Our next books are: Feb 2 Suite Francaise rene Nemirovsky Mar 1 Bad News Donald Westlake Apr 5 Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood We prefer novels to ...

I am new to LT also............a bit obsessed with entering my past reads.........I am currently reading Suite Francaise................so far it is seems well written and engaging........

suite francaise, a thousand splendid suns, the glass castle

... while having had other choices. Amazing that three of four children seemed to grow up and do alright. I just started Suite Francaise. Immediately drawn in by the writing style, setting, and class issues.

The Ministry of Special Cases, The Glass Castle, Suite Francaise, A Thousand Splendid Suns

My favorite audios last year were Suite Francaise. The Book Thief and The Thirteenth Tale. Right now I'm listening to AND reading Tale of Two Cities, which I found confusing in a first reading alone. I am still going back and forth between book and audio to get my characters staight. I'm ...

... People of the Book (who among us could resist that title?) by Geraldine Brooks, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Suite Francaise, The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, and The Gift by Peter Carey. Still have over $70 left, so I feel I spent my money well.

... ignoring planned 'long term' reads): Erewhon, Bad Monkeys, Measuring the World, Darwins Radio, The Lady in White, Suite Francaise. WHY do I have this problem of completion - then yesterday I went off to pick up a 'few' more books to read & I'm looking at them longingly. However, to ...

I'm trotting my cotton-tailed hindquarters down to the shop today to buy Suite Francaise. I bout the third volume of Sandman last week. I'm in the middle of moving, and if the BF (who is helping to pack and catalog the library) finds out I'm buying books, he'll probably leave me for an ...

... Johnson , NoveList - Finished Jan 13 8. TBD Award Winning Books 1.The Golden Compass – Carnegie Medal 2. Suite Francaise – 2004 Prix Renandot 3. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Hugo and World Fantasy Award 4. The Book Thief – Jewish Book Award 5. Homestead – ...

... Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini After Dark - Haruki Murakami The Tale of Genji - Murasaki Shikibu Suite francaise - Irene Nemirovsky One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Sozenitsyn The Samurai's Garden - Gail Tsukiyama Kris ...

... when I selected it as an Early Reviewer pick, but man can this guy write. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

... A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Secret River by Kate Grenville Zoli by Colum McCann Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Non-Fiction: A Walk in the Woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson Marley and me by Jo ...

... list in August thanks to repeated comments on LT. And while I haven't read them yet, I also purchased The Book Thief and Suite Francaise because of recs on LT. Hopefully they'll come off the TBR shelves in 2008!

I read Suite Francaise and The Book Thief because they were so frequently mentioned here on LT.

I am currently reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I am enjoying it and I reccommend reading the notes at the back of the book first to understand where this comes from.

... 6 So happy both of you agree that The Muse Asylum is worthwhile reading. Let's spread the word. I am midway through Suite Francaise, just about ready to begin Part II.

... all the while giving this book the time it deserves. It'll be a while before I get to it because I'm now reading Suite Francaise which is kind of long.

I enjoyed Suite Francaise, translated from French. The story behind the book (i.e. Nemirovsky's life) was interesting and moving.

16. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem 17. Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky 18. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 19. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 20. The Magus by John Fowles 21. Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey 22. King Lear (New Folger L ...

... would be surprised if anything topped my top 5. In the order I read them: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Q1) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Q1) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Q1) Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri (Q4) A Thousand Splendid Sun ...

... Parris Red Dust : a Path Through China by Ma Jian Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Time and Again by Jack Finney The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (and How to A ...

... exclusively reading YA novels so it's a nice change! (Not that I begrudge any of my YA reading, but still...) I've got Suite Francaise on ILL from the library so that will be up next. Might get a storm day tomorrow if the forecast is correct, in which case I'll be sprawled on the sofa ...

95. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky < ...

I just left Winniepeg, Canada, (As Nature Made Him) yesterday, and now I'm in France (Suite Francaise). I just got here so I don't really have much to say about it yet. I do know there is talk of war. :(

>13: SqueakyChu, I loved Suite Francaise, I'd say it's one of my favorites this year. Hope you enjoy it! I'm still enjoying The Way the Crow Flies. In fact, I'm off to read now!

... by Baltimore author Laura Lippman. It's fun to read names of places I recognize. I have also just barely started Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I have heard that this book is excellent.

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky .

#34 Suite Francaise by Iréne Nimèrovsky (November): I thoroughly enjoyed these two conjoined novellas, finally published after more than forty years packed away in a suitcase. The completed work was originally intended to include three additional sections, before the author’s unfortunate ...

... now reading In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar Next on my TBR are As Nature Made Him - John Colapinto Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky What Goes Around Comes Around - Con Lehane All my TBR are Bookcrossing bookrays/rings.

... seen it yet :) For author touchstones, see >1 (thanks GreyHead I wasn't aware of the new style!) Having finished Suite Francaise on Thursday, I'm now onto Arthur and George by Julian Barnes (more 'Britishness'!)

This happens all the time. A recent book about FDR led to Suite Francaise and Book Thief, The, both about WWII. Sometimes it becoms obsessive, but fortunately, a new book will come along to set me on another path.

Having finally finished Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky, I'm starting on--are you there, scaifea?--Letters to Atticus by Marcus Tullius Cicero. This should be a hoot!

I started Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky yesterday.

Finished FDR and Open Season by C.J. Box and am determined to finish Suite Française by the end of the weekend. However, couldn't resist starting Savage Run, also by C.J. Box.

... Obviously, a post-apocolyptic world is serious reading. I loved your slippery slope image. When I consider a book like Suite Francaise which has book that has soared to top ten lists, I find myself wondering just where the line is drawn; or as you summed up, who really cares if the book is ...

... a library sale: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund You Suck by Christopher Moore Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig All for $22! Hooray!

... Small Things Memoirs of a Geisha Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Way We Live Now The Story of Lucy Gault Suite Francaise Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography Wives and Daughters Middlemarch and a few others! Fortunately, there's no rush :D

... came up for me in categorizing my books because... for example... if I wanted to read a fiction book set in World War II, Suite Francaise would still count in my head, although we've established that it's actually "contemporary fiction" and not "historical fiction." Thanks for weighing in. :)

I'm listening to Echo Park by Michacel Connolly, which is fabulous, the reading is excellent. I'm also listening to Suite Francaise which is also narrated with perfection. I'm enjoying both.

... Kevin by Lionel Shriver Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Lost Illusions by Honor de Balzac Right now I'm on Suite Francaise which I already know will wind up near the top of my 2007 list.

... - Leila Aboulela Zimbabwe - Don't Let's go to the Dogs Tonight - Alexandra Fuller Europe France - Suite Francaise (review) - Irene Nemirovksy Germany - Night - Elie Wiesel Ireland – At Swim, Two Boy ...

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke, Unruly Times by A. S. Byatt, Empress Orchid by Anchee Min and The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro.

... Echo by Michael Connelly (which has been difficult for me to get into), and still working my way through Chaucer and Suite Francaise.

... it, it's so well written (even if there are some inadvertent errors). Still working my way through Canterbury Tales and Suite Francaise.

... The Robber Bride which was OK. Then I hit a really good streak - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Kite Runner, Suite Francaise, Saving Fish from Drowning and The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. I loved that and I can't wait to get the next two books. Then the ...

... years; I had forgotten how funny and sly the Prologue could be. And to get away from the classics, I'm pretty absorbed in Suite Francaise--at the moment, a riveting account of the exodus from Paris prior to German occupation. I'm finding it extremely powerful and disturbing.

... how the story is enhanced in this way. Oh, well. Nag, nag, pick, pick. :-) That aside, it's a GREAT book. Starting Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky today.

... Tale by Diane Setterfield Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

I'm reading Suite Francaise -- just started it. Right now, I'm not sure how much I like the continually shifting point of view.

#40 dchaikin I vote for Suite Francaise. The background to the writing is very interesting - make sure you read the appendices. Some Librarythingers have enjoyed Snow and I am a fan of Orhan Pamuk. I had trouble getting into that particular one.

... Mary Gordon Angle of Repose by Wallace Stengner Four Souls by Louise Erdrich Snow by Orhan Pamuk Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky A Sporting Chance by Daniel P. Mannix

... What Katy Did At School Susan Coolidge 11 Remembered Julie Summers 12 Silence and Honey Cakes Rowan Williams 13 Suite francaise Irene Nemirovsky 14 Do Nothing To Change Your LIfe Stephen Cottrell 15.Those Who Trespass Against Us Countess Karolina Lankoronska. 16 The Mist ...

14. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky - recommended by someone on this list. Very interesting, about France during the second world war, when it was defeated by Germany, and during the occupation. I never read anything about this time in France before 15. Size 14 Isn't Fat Either by Me ...

... an ancient Chinese history class and so it was particularly interesting to me. We had barely touched on womens roles. Suite Francaise also recommended on this site. I really liked it also. It is about the German invasion of France and follows the lives of several people from different ...

>166: Trinity, Suite Francaise is a great book. I hope you enjoy it!

Im looking forward to reading my latest purchase Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Im oddly fascinated with WWII.

I bought late last night at Borders Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory and blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

... I got The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky in the translation by Richard Pevear and Clarissa Volokhonsky, and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Both books had been on my "wanted" list for quite a while.

1.The Other Side Of the Bridge by Mary Lawson 2. The Birth House by Ami McKay 3. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4. By The Time You Read This by Giles Blunt (still reading) (in no particular order)

I have just bought Suite Francaise on a recommendation of a friend so I'm glad to see it recommended here. I'd like to add to your list, A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell it is written as a novel detailing sanctuary provided to thousands of Jews by Italian Gentiles. It's a moving ...

... by Sara Gruen (2) -The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2) I would be remiss to not mention that Suite Francaise is a close sixth place to these novels. All are fantastic reads and highly recommended! (This is going to get way harder as the year progresses!)

... (5/5) -Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (5/5) -The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (5/5) -Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (4.5/5)

... all those books you listed, I'll have to look at your catalog for future ideas. =) You clearly have good taste! 72. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky 73. Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

I have a very large TBR pile, but I think the ones I'm going to read soonest are probably Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke. It's hard because I have a lot of books here in England with me, and I'm due to go back to ...

... each quarter, but in the spirit of this thread these are my 5: 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1) 2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (1) 3. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2007 Orange Prize Winner! (1) 4. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ...

Kitchen Confidential Mrs. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen The Man in my Basement Suite Francaise Lost Girls and Love Hotels

Suite Francaise 3 stories about occupied France. Made more poignant once you understand the author's and her family’s life. One of the best books I've ever read.

... I already have about fifteen books of my own designated as my summer reading. Later that same day... from Costco - Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

From Amazon today: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Perfect King: the life of Edward III - Ian Mortimer

I have also read many excellent books this month. I will have to choose Suite Francaise as my favorite with The March by E.L. Doctorow as a close second.

I have heard readers making comparisons between Suite Francaise and The Diary of Anne Frank. I think these books can be compared on a several levels. First of all, both authors were Jewish and living in a occupied country and at fear for their lives. Neither survived the war - both died in ...

2nd Irene Nemirovsky Suite Francaise - including some of the appendices!

I just finished up Suite Francaise and enjoyed it immensely. It's a novel I won't soon forget (I am really looking forward to when we can rate our favorite books of the 2nd quarter and first half of the year - I am not sure how my list will change - but it will!). Now, I am starting The March ...

I enjoyed Suite Francaise immensely - though I thought the "Storm" section was a little better than the "Dolce" section. The appendices were also very interesting - I feel nothing but compassion and sorrow for this family. I am so glad her daughters held on to her manuscripts, but what a shame ...

How did you like Suite Francaise? That was one of my favorite books in the first quarter and may hang on to be a fave through the first half ...

22) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

You have a great mix of books in here! How did you like Suite Francaise? I have heard a lot of good things about that one.

... -- John Banville 15. Marx for Beginners -- Rius 16. Motherless Brooklyn -- Jonathan Lethem April 17. Suite Francaise -- Irene Nemirovsky 18. A Wrinkle in Time -- Madeleine L'Engle 19. O Pioneers! -- Willa Cather (Was traveling for half the month, so not so ...

Just finished Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky and found it was wonderful, though not sure if most of this opinion came from the writing itself, or the story behind the book being published.... Should point out however, that even though the reader is warned in advaince regarding the lack of ...

... : A History of Pop in the Shape of a City by Paul Morley The Elephant Vanishes (Panther S.) by Haruki Murakami Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky The Bird Artist by Howard Norman At Swim-two-birds by Flann O'Brien

... of Loss was okay; I'm coming back to Canadian fiction with As If By Accident by Julie Johnston. Will also start Suite Francaise tomorrow; I'll be reading it aloud to my husband as we commute.

Just finished reading Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky so now over to non-fiction. Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman http://blueidol-notesofabookdreamer.blogspot.com/

I am finishing up Life of Pi by Yann Martel this weekend, and I think I'll start Suite Francoise by Irene Nemirovsky. Message 1 - GreyHead: I also read Stephen King's On Writing and enjoyed it tremendously. Hope you will too!

... of won) A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi Non-Fiction: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Per ...

... so's a pigeon. And some of the people live, and some of them die. Then next? Got 500 to choose from so think will try Suit Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky as a complete contrast

... she could finish the complete work she had planned. Almigwin, do any interesting ideas come to you when you think of Suite Francaise in comparison with A Woman in Berlin and/or Gone With the Wind?

I'm not familiar with Suite Francaise or Irene Nemirovsky. Can you tell us a little more about the book?

... after not buying books for months and relying on the library for my reading materials I broke down and purchased a book Suite Francais

... the Dead: A Novel Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss Cormac McCarthy's The Road Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise Adult Nonfiction Honor Books: Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower: A Story of C ...

... more pages to go. I'll take advice from my fellow LibraryThing-a-files on what I should read next. My TBR pile: 1) Suite Francoise by Irene Nemirovsky 2) Digging to America by Anne Tyler 3) Traveller by Richard Adams 4) Finn: A Novel by Jon Clinch I'm open to suggestions!

... Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank the effect of the war on families Suite Francaise by irene Nemirovsky Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman The french resistance The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir Charlotte Gray ...

... nd 19) My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult 20) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 21) Life of Pi by Yann Martel 22) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 23) The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow 24) Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 25) Finn: a novel by Jon Clinch 26) Great Quotes by G ...

I'm going to hold my list to 3 for now: 1. Grapes of Wrath 2. Suite Francaise 3. Half of a Yellow Sun

... the 2006 notable fiction list. So far I have read: Black Swan Green (touchstone not loading), The Inheritance of Loss, Suite Francaise Half of a Yellow Sun, and Old Filth. I've enjoyed all of these to varying degrees, but I'd say Half of a Yellow Sun and Suite Francaise are my ...

... Parris Red Dust : a Path Through China by Ma Jian Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Time and Again by Jack Finney The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (and How to A ...

... Library (c) 28-Jan-2007 F 07. Richard Powers : The Echo Maker (c) 31-Jan-2007 F 08. Irene Nemirovsky : Suite Francaise (c) 08-Feb-2007 F 09. Kirstin Allio : Garner (c) 17-Feb-2007 F 10. Doris K. Goodwin : Team of Rivals (c) 21-Feb-2007 NF 11. Clorinda Matto ...

Coming off the "high" of last week's Suite Francaise, I am now reading Never Let Me Go. I am about halfway through and am slightly underwhelmed.

... uncanny political genius. Doris Kearns Goodwin is a terrific writer of biography and historical narrative. I enjoyed Suite Francaise also, but thought it a bit hopeless in its outlook. I recommend it for the same reasons as above.

Definitely Suite Francaise. This is a beautifully written book and a compelling story. Highly recommended.

I am about halfway through Suite Francaise. What a fantastic book! For those unfamiliar, this book was originally intended to be in 5 parts, but only 2 were completed when the author, a jewish woman, died in a concentration camp. Her daughters were able to keep the manuscript and publish it ...

... Paperbackswap, Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich. Then today my request was ready for me at the library: Suite Francaise, which is now squarely at the top of my TBR pile. But I can't just go into the library and pick up my request at the desk, I need to experience the library ...

... Dancer by Li Cunxin Haiti: Restavec by Jean-Robert Cadet Russia: To Dance by Valery Panov Ukraine: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Bahamas: The Tribune Story by Sir Etienne Dupuch Italy: If on a Winter's Night by Italo Calvino (These touchstones ...

... Plum series. I do not read many mysteries but find this series so fun to read! I'm now first in the library queue for Suite Francaise so am hoping to perfectly time finishing my current book when the next is ready for me!

... .. somewhat like a children's story but not quite. I hope the movie, released later this year, lives up to it. 10. Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky. Finished yesterday. It is an exceptional book, and well worth the rave reviews and its position on all the bestseller lists. I ...

... Death's abstract ramblings. And I hasten to say that I find genuinely fresh formal innovations quite enjoyable. Reading Suite Francaise and The Book Thief at the same time was also unrelievedly depressing, especially since I also watched "Grave of the Fireflies" last week, which approaches ...

sycoraxpine, I felt very strongly about Suite Francaise as well, and have recommended it to everyone over the last year. And I'm another who was underwhelmed with The Book Thief. I thought it was manipulative, not to mention unrelievedly maudlin, and I couldn't take any more than 150 pages of ...

Last week I finished the luminous Suite Francaise, an astonishingly detailed and carefully structured unfinished novel, as well as Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, which I enjoyed, but perhaps not with the intensity that many others have. I am making my way through the plays of Sarah Kane ...

It is pretty interesting reading the postings to this

lindsacl in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? (Feb 1, 2007, 4:37pm) ... requested from the library; we'll see which one comes available first: 1. Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky sycoraxpine in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 20 January 2007 (Jan 24, 2007, 6:36pm) ... Bronte (only slightly less dismal on those topics). Now I am just beginning two lavishly well-received books: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. SeanLong in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Nov 2006 (Dec 1, 2006, 11:42am) ... book is one that I'm going to immediately look for this weekend. That looks like something I would really enjoy, as well as Suite Francaise. amandameale in The Prizes : The National Book Award (Nov 18, 2006, 7:08am) janey47: I liked Suite Francaise very much, and the appendices were fascinating. If you liked that one, however, you might not be so keen on the Pessl book. Good luck though. janey47 in The Prizes : The National Book Award (Nov 17, 2006, 5:51pm) ... to them. Whether this book ends up as one of my favorites of the year remains to be seen, but I'm glad I'm reading it. Suite Francaise pretty much blew my mind. I started shoving it at people after I read it, but I find it's a hard one to get people to read. I have the Pessl book ... d2vge in Historical Fiction : historical fiction set in France (Nov 8, 2006, 7:54am) ... are the best, IMO. Another one is Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience, a mystery set in post-Revolutionary Paris. Also Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, about France during the Occupation is really good. d2vge in Historical Fiction : World War II fiction recommendations (Oct 6, 2006, 2:41pm) ... but is about it. There are 3 sections - one in the 1930s, one during the war, and one in the 1990s. I also really liked Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (WWII France), and The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (WWII London). Eurydice in Spies & Spy Fiction : Favorite Spy Books (Sep 12, 2006, 8:03am) I agree with you. And I look forward to reading both that particular Ambler, and Suite Francaise, which I've wanted to read very much. A prejudice toward buying books when possible has kept it out of my hands thus far. Cause for Alarm sounds quite different from A Coffin for Dimitrio ... kieren_valente in Holocaust Experiences : and I thought I knew about the Holocaust! (Aug 15, 2006, 6:45am) peterbrown thanks for telling us a little more about Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise. I was aware only of its existence, not at all of the history behind the book or even what the book itself was about. I just finished reading it this morning and it was a very moving experience. One ... Quick Links Amazon.com (direct) Abebooks.com Google Books — Loading... Project Gutenberg (0 editions) WorldCat Get this book Local Book Search All sources Ebooks Audio Swap 3 pay 3 pay 223/255+ Popular covers (see all 53 covers)   Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | 46,389,292 books! Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. | static: /