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mireiaaaaaa3's review against another edition
No esperava que aquesta novel·la curta m'agradés tant, però el retrat que fa de les persones que viuen a les zones rurals i el contrast entre els personatges joves i vells de la novel·la m'ha fascinat.
shanviolinlove's review against another edition
3.0
hmmm...not bad. i actually think the history behind the novel is far more intriguing than the actual story, which is a whimsical narrative of a little community in france that holds its own secrets and gossip. the authoress was actually deported and killed in auschwitz. before, she had been a successful writer. her husband had typed her novels for her on his typewriter. a huge chunk of this book, all the way up to pg. 37 with the words "i feel so old" were typed. the rest was missing and considered lost.
yet, in her suitcase, two more pages of this novel were discovered. and later, tied together with string and hidden for safekeeping, the rest of the novel was found. the book is dedicated to those who helped reconstruct this lost novel and return it to the eyes of the public.
now, isn't THAT fascinating?
yet, in her suitcase, two more pages of this novel were discovered. and later, tied together with string and hidden for safekeeping, the rest of the novel was found. the book is dedicated to those who helped reconstruct this lost novel and return it to the eyes of the public.
now, isn't THAT fascinating?
kiriamarin's review
Os livros da Nemirovsky me parecem uma repetição de mesmos temas e de outros livros,sobre a burguesia em geral,positivo e negativo, mas a escrita é boa e como uma testemunha dessa época da França pré guerra é uma ficção crivel.
mary412's review against another edition
3.0
The novel teems with the intertwined lives of an insular French village. At the center of the tale is Silvio: In his younger days he fled the boredom of the village and made a life of travel and adventure. Now he has returned, living in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods and, much to his families chagrin, perfectly content in his solitude.
But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin - "she has the thing that, when I was young, I used to value most in women; she has fire."
This novel has a complex plot; almost like a mystery. Very well written and very satisfying.
But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin - "she has the thing that, when I was young, I used to value most in women; she has fire."
This novel has a complex plot; almost like a mystery. Very well written and very satisfying.
zhollows's review against another edition
4.0
Though I didn't enjoy this one as much as "Suite Francaise", it's still worth the read. This was heavier on the love story and the mysteries of a small town in rural France. Being a history nerd made "Suite Francaise" more interesting to me. "Fire in the Blood" didn't rely so heavily on historical events. It's a short one.
amina43080's review against another edition
3.0
It was no Suite Francaise. It was a sweet little book, but you need to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate it.
yaela_sans's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
radioisasoundsalvation's review against another edition
5.0
It was beautiful, and perfectly timed on my part... I was coming off of a rather idyllic high from Q & A, and the somber, cold telling of this novel definitely made me slow down. Don't get me wrong, you'll finish it in a day... I'd even recommend attacking it in one sitting, if you have the chance! Nemirovsky takes a seemingly simple set of French farmers and their families, and lulls you into a tragic unleashing of passions and truths that touches all who have been involved in any form of love affair, however unrequited or short it may have been. The secrets of our narrator Silvio and his family break apart whatever solidity there was at the beginning, and as you read the last chapter, you see how desperate these peoples' lives are. It's bitter, and sharply poetic. More contemplative than Atonement, but you're also more distant from the characters.
nancidrum's review against another edition
4.0
This little novella, written by Irene Nemirovsky the author of Suite Francaise, was a book I wanted to read after reading Suite Francaise, but somehow got lost in the dirge of books on my TBR shelf. What a treat to have stumbled upon it. This is a story of youth, old age and love powerfully told in just over 100 pages. Absolutely tragic that Irene Nemirovsky met her fate in a concentration camp at Auschwitz and the world missed out her potential for writing more books.