SNOW IN AUTUMN BY IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY, A MODERN NOVEL
SNOW IN AUTUMN BY IRÈNE NÉMIROVSKY, A MODERN NOVEL

Summary/Abstract: The novel tells the end of the Russian Empire seen through the eyes of the nurse: an old woman who has dedicated her life to this family. Tatiana Ivanovna devoted her whole life to her masters, the Karines, whom she saw born and grow up. When the Russian Revolution drove them from their domain, it followed them first to Odessa, then to Paris, in a small apartment where the exiles circled around like autumn flies. Irene Nemirovsky adds real facts and realistic descriptions that we can find in Slavic-themed period novels or in history books. The alternating visions and speeches create the feeling of life, events, recognizable, anchored in historical reality.

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