by Irène Némirovsky · Editorial Alma · tapa dura · ISBN 9788410206090
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Suite française is considered the magnum opus of Irène Némirovsky, one of the most prominent voices in 20th-century European literature. This masterful novel portrays with extraordinary vigor the chaos and uncertainty caused by the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, chronicling the exodus of numerous families fleeing the advance of German troops. While writing this work, the author was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, where she died at the age of thirty-nine. The manuscript, recovered from a suitcase, is a fundamental literary discovery that captures one of the darkest and most moving periods of recent history, establishing itself as an essential treasure of universal literature.
