A suitcase opened decades after the murder of its owner, Irène Némirovsky, a victim of the Shoah. Inside is the unfinished manuscript of the novel deported in August 1942, as well as his life… We remember the consequences: the publication of the story of the uncompromising exodus in 2004 under the title French Room, praise from the press and readers, the posthumous award of the Renaudot prize – the first – and the end of oblivion for this talented pen. However, he was a literary figure, important in the interwar period since his success in 1929 David Golder. A book so powerful that critics doubted that, sent anonymously to Grasset, it had been written by a woman, before their misogyny congratulated her on it.“escaped “women’s novel”” !
Since the rediscovery of Irène Némirovsky, from a very comprehensive biography to an in-depth article, we thought we knew everything about her.
