A review by shanviolinlove
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky

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?