The Fires of Autumn

by Irène Némirovsky

Book Overview

This panoramic exploration of French life between the wars reads like a prequel to Ir ne N mirovsky's international bestseller Suite Fran aise. At the end of the First World War, Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. Broken by the unspeakable horrors he has witnessed, he becomes addicted to the lure of wealth and success. He wallows in the corruption and excess of post-war Paris, but when his lover abandons him, Bernard turns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101872276
• ISBN13: 9781101872277
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"