Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky Narrated by Silvio, a man in his twilight years who feels "rejected by life, as if washed ashore by the tide", the story that gradually unfolds pits the resignation of old age against youth's "insatiable" heart, w... details >>>

All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky The novel - novella, almost - opens in 1911, when prosperity has the upper hand over misery, at least for the Hardelot family and their comfortable, well-fed friends. The Hardelots own a paper mill in Saînt-Elm... details >>>