Commentaires sur : Suite française by Irène Némirosky http://sevres-associatif.fr/sevresmppl/2010/04/08/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirosky/ Un projet des bibliothèques de Sèvres et Mount Prospect Wed, 23 May 2012 02:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 Par : Mayor Irvana Wilks http://sevres-associatif.fr/sevresmppl/2010/04/08/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirosky/#comment-41 Mayor Irvana Wilks Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:29:36 +0000 http://sevres-associatif.fr/sevresmppl/2010/04/08/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirosky/#comment-41 I thank the librians from both Mount Prospect and Sevres for supporting this Book Crossing. I loved the adult reader book choices. This truly is as success! I thank the librians from both Mount Prospect and Sevres for supporting this Book Crossing.

I loved the adult reader book choices.

This truly is as success!

]]> Par : katherine Foster http://sevres-associatif.fr/sevresmppl/2010/04/08/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirosky/#comment-24 katherine Foster Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:19:37 +0000 http://sevres-associatif.fr/sevresmppl/2010/04/08/suite-francaise-by-irene-nemirosky/#comment-24 Exquisitely written by an interesting Russian/French/Jewish author. Keenly oserved and finely nuanced work. I imagine it would have deep resonance with French readers, because of the finely drawn culture of daily life in the French villages. But (and I am truly sorry to say that for me, it felt lifeless and it was a struggle to get to the end. For me the greatest puzzle was the Father Phillipe chapter. Descriptions of the boys, subhuman, obedient (to what?), then the violence at the chateau, and the killing. What parallels was she drawing, to whom, what? That there are soulless people who will band together against anyone who will try to stop their mindless violence? Yes, but why select these "orphans" in order to make that point? Exquisitely written by an interesting Russian/French/Jewish author. Keenly oserved and finely nuanced work. I imagine it would have deep resonance with French readers, because of the finely drawn culture of daily life in the French villages. But (and I am truly sorry to say that for me, it felt lifeless and it was a struggle to get to the end. For me the greatest puzzle was the Father Phillipe chapter. Descriptions of the boys, subhuman, obedient (to what?), then the violence at the chateau, and the killing. What parallels was she drawing, to whom, what? That there are soulless people who will band together against anyone who will try to stop their mindless violence? Yes, but why select these “orphans” in order to make that point?

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