Quote from: Life Topic

How tolerable misfortunes appear when they affect only other people! How strong the human body seems when it's another man's flesh that bleeds! How easy it is to look death in the face when it's another man's turn!


Author Bio


  • NameIrène Némirovsky
  • DescriptionFrench novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz
  • BornFebruary 24, 1903
  • DiedAugust 17, 1942
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksSuite Française