An edition of Les Chiens et les Loups (1988)

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An edition of Les Chiens et les Loups (1988)

Les Chiens et les loups

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A wonderful, panoramic novel and an achingly poignant love story that goes back to Irene Nemirovsky's roots, from the bestselling author of Suite Francaise.This wonderful, panoramic novel goes right back to Irene Nemirovsky's roots, sweeping the reader from the Jewish quarter of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century to Paris in the twenties and thirties, and back again to eastern Europe in a snowy winter on the eve of war.At its heart is a tragic love, between Ada from the poor Jewish quarter and Harry, son of a rich financier. The dogs are the comfortable, assimilated rich Jews up on the hill, while the wolves, their distant cousins, struggle below in the ghetto. Ada grows up motherless, looked after first by her father, then by an indomitable, social-climbing aunt, and eventually moves to Paris with her aunt's family, all of them looking for a brighter future. Ada makes a living in Paris as an artist, painting scenes from the world she has left behind. Her cousin Ben, intense and ferociously intelligent, has loved her for years; they share memories – together they survived the terrible pogroms of their childhood – and he presses her to marry him. But Harry Sinner is also in Paris, moving in exclusive circles, and infatuated with the daughter of a wealthy gentile banker. One day he buys two paintings which remind him of his past... and the course of Ada's life changes once more.But as recession and revolutions shake previously rich regimes, even a solid international bank can find itself over-extended and vulnerable to greed. Ben, now working for the Sinner family bank in Paris, is well-placed to take the kind of risks he could only dream of in the past. And as summer draws to a close, Ada's world is disintegrating and she is faced with a fateful decision.The Dogs and the Wolves, painted on a broad, vibrant canvas, with Nemirovsky's acute eye for small cruelties and everyday sacrifice, is an achingly poignant novel about blood and belonging, dreams and desire.

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Publisher
Albin Michel
Language
French
Pages
220

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Cover of: The Dogs and the Wolves
The Dogs and the Wolves
2010, Random House Publishing Group
eBook in English
Cover of: The dogs and the wolves
The dogs and the wolves
2010, Vintage
in English
Cover of: The dogs and the wolves
The dogs and the wolves
2009, Chatto & Windus
in English
Cover of: Les Chiens et les Loups
Les Chiens et les Loups
October 1, 2004, French & European Pubns
Paperback in French
Cover of: Les Chiens et les loups
Les Chiens et les loups
March 1, 1988, Albin Michel
Mass Market Paperback in French

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
220
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
Weight
5.9 ounces

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OL12461490M
Internet Archive
leschiensetleslo0000nemi
ISBN 10
2226033254
ISBN 13
9782226033253
Library Thing
3108872
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