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Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky

initiated by sumit4all on January 28, 2007 (http://amazon.com/Suite-Française-Irene-Nemirovsky/dp/1400044731/ref=br_lf_m__1_1_ttl/105-...)

This novel speaks to the heart directly and, through the heart, to the intellect. The writing is thorough and gripping, detail is probed and embelished only when necessary. Some have described N?mirovsky's writing as Proustian. I think this is so only to the extent that the emerging picture is so flavorful and complete. The writing is always flowing yet compact; I don't recall a sentence which, unlike in Proust, could be remotely described as rococo. Though the events and composition are more than half a century removed from our time, the feel is oddly contemporary, the narrative's impact immediate and timeless.

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