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David Golder Irene Nemirovsky

David Golder By Irene Nemirovsky

David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky


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Summary

Born into poverty on the Black Sea, Golder has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. But Golder's security is fragile. For years, he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now, his health is beginning to show the strain. This title offers a portrait of the frenzied capitalism of the 1920s.

David Golder Summary

David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky

Translated by Sandra Smith, with an introduction by Patrick Marnham. In 1929, 26-year-old Irene Nemirovsky shot to fame in France with the publication of her second novel David Golder. At the time, only the most prescient would have predicted the events that led to her extraordinary final novel Suite Francaise and her death at Auschwitz. Yet the clues are there in this astonishingly mature story of an elderly Jewish businessman who has sold his soul. Golder is a superb creation. Born into poverty on the Black Sea, he has clawed his way to fabulous wealth by speculating on gold and oil. When the novel opens, he is at work in his magnificent Parisian apartment while his wife and beloved daughter, Joy, spend his money at their villa in Biarritz. But Golder's security is fragile. For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors. Now his health is beginning to show the strain. As his body betrays him, so too do his wife and child, leaving him to decide which to pursue: revenge or altruism? Available for the first time since 1930, David Golder is a page-turningly chilling and brilliant portrait of the frenzied capitalism of the 1920s and a universal parable about the mirage of wealth.

David Golder Reviews

"A sordid tragedy that makes us for the thousandth time question the worth of human existence. The impression remains with the reader that it is the work of a woman who has the strength of one of the masters like Balzac or Dostoyevsky." New York Times, 1930

About Irene Nemirovsky

Born in Kiev in 1903, Irene Nemirovsky fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became an acclaimed novelist. She wrote over 10 novels, including an unfinished magnum opus Suite Francaise which was published posthumously in France in 2004 and has become an international bestseller. She died in Auschwitz in 1942.

Additional information

GOR003442403
9780701181291
070118129X
David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
2007-02-01
176
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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