A review by ab_ekpe
David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair by Irène Némirovsky

4.0

This book is a good collection of stories by Irène Némirovsky. David Golder is about an old man who’s health is deteriorating yet who continues to work in order to provide for his family. The Ball is about an odd and contentious relationship between a mother and her daughter and the events that take place between them as they prepare to host an extravagant ball. Snow in Autumn is about an old housemaid and her experience during the war in Russia with a family who she’s taken care of for over 50 years. And finally, The Courilof Affair is about the assassination of a Russian minister. Each story is very different and I enjoyed each one of them.