Book Reviews

Genius. Her writing is perfection. Nemirovsky pulls the reader in and does not let go. Though an unfinished masterpiece, the work is intense, exquisite, unforgiving, doleful, inspiring. An examination of the human condition set against the humiliating catastrophe of the invasion and occupation of France, Nemirovsky was an eye-witness and chronicler. She weaves a string of unlikely characters and their tribulations through the bedlam of war. A work of profound significance.

Rating: 5

Reviewed by Jen S.