Not only was it necessary to understand the function of such “clichés” – perhaps the metaphorical expression of an aversion to the maternal bond? – and their development in the hand of a writer who proclaimed her apolitical standpoint and did not hide her Jewishness any more than she displayed it, but – and this is one of the many merits of Angela Kershaw, a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham – it was also important to show that the “cliché”, in all its dimensions, was one of Irène Némirovsky’s favourite devices, all the more so after she had discovered its devastating effects in spite of herself. In 2006, Martina Stemberger analysed, in a deliberately psychoanalytical tone, some of the “oddities” of which this book shows signs she gives an account of the phantasmagorias that prove troubling for the modern-day reader, which include several problematic “clichés”, dismissed since as anti-Semitic and irrelevant. This trend has helped to fuel the literary complex that Irène Némirovsky’s book has become – a work discovered, commented on, praised and debated several times over, and one that shall not be forgotten twice.
Irène Némirovsky and the Cultural Landscape of Inter-war France, New York/Oxon, Routledge, 2009, 234 p.Īfter editorial resurrection, media storm, global distribution, biographical quest and inevitable controversy, the time seems to have come to study Némirovsky (1903-1942) with academic composure and thoroughness, bringing as well suggestions and interpretations. OL1308096W Page_number_confidence 94.34 Pages 426 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200914225600 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 795 Scandate 20200910005428 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780701178963 Tts_version 4.Reviewed : Angela Kershaw, Before Auschwitz. OL7764671M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work
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