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Fire in the blood / Irène Némirovsky ; translated by Sandra Smith.

by Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942.

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Alfred A. Knopf, c2007.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Village communities -- France -- Fiction.

Memory in old age -- Fiction.

France -- Fiction.

Chaleur du sang. English English.

1st North American ed.

137 p. ; 22 cm.

Written in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

"Originally published in France as Chaleur du sang by Denoël, Paris, in 2007"--T.p. verso.

At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, and then returned to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his family's dismay, Silvio is content with his solitude. But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin, Silvio begins to be drawn back into the complicated life of this small town. As the narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture of the loves and infidelities, the scandals, the youthful ardor and regrets of age that tie Silvio to the long-guarded secrets of the past.

French fiction -- Translations into English.

Historical fiction.

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