Le Bal (Litterature Classique)

by Irene Nemirovsky

Sandra Smith (Translator)

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From the author of the bestselling Suite Française.

Le Bal is a sharp, brittle story of a girl who sets out to ruin the mother she hates. The Kampfs have risen swiftly up the ranks of 1930s Parisian society. Painfully aware of her working-class roots, and desperate to win acceptance, Madame Kampf decides to throw a huge ball to announce her arrival to society. Her daughter Antoinette, who has just turned fourteen, dreams of attending, but Madame Kampf is resolved not to present her daughter to potential admirers. In a fury of adolescent rage and despair, Antoinette exacts a swift...

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  • ISBN10 1448163897
  • ISBN13 9781448163892
  • Publish Date 19 December 2013 (first published 18 April 2002)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Vintage Digital
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 112
  • Language English