Fire in the blood
by Irène Némirovsky
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A morality tale with doubtful morals, a story of murder, love and betrayal in rural France, Fire in the Blood is set in a small village. An old man looks back on a chequered life with secret regrets, concealing a truth he will not reveal until the end. This book is a small and beautiful chamber piece which starts quietly, lyrically, but then races away with revelations and narrative twists in a story about young women forced into marriages with old men, about mothers and daughters, stepmothers and stepdaughters, youthful passions and the regrets of old age, about peasant communities and the way they hide their secrets.
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This translation originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2007.
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At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns 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
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