Reviews

Sang calenta by Irène Némirovsky

nationofkim's review against another edition

4.0

the story behind the book was almost as great as the book itself.

wsk56's review against another edition

3.0

Although Suite Francaise is a better book, Fire in the Blood is interesting because it illuminates rural life in France among those who have held their land for hundreds of years. They are not wealthy, but not peasants either. This group of middle class landowners keep to themselves and don't air their private lives publicly. Irene Nemirovsky was a French writer of Ukranian-Jewish descent who was arrested as a Jew and died at Auschwitz. She completed these two novels as part of a planned series of 5 books. The manuscripts were preserved by her daughters and published in 2004.

lindseysparks's review against another edition

3.0

This was good but felt a bit unfinished. The bones of the story are here but there's some character development or something missing, which is completely understandable because the was cleaning it up when she was taken to Auschwitz.
The story starts really slow and then spirals into all these infidelities that we're interesting but lacked some of the punch because you didn't know the characters well yet.

belduran's review against another edition

4.0

El primer libro del año. Me gustó mucho.
Una historia sobre los efectos de la guerra en la pequeña burguesía: la pérdida, el desamor, la pobreza y la crianza en soledad.
Se lee rápido y está muy bien narrado. La construcción de los personajes es muy buena, pero lo que más me llamó la atención es el detalle y la precisión al mostrar el contexto.

courthughes's review against another edition

2.0

Pretty prose, would be gorgeous in French. I liked it well enough but would have liked more - it felt rushed.

enelvee's review against another edition

4.0

I didn't find it as rich as the Suite, but well worth the time nonetheless.

lusimusi's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't think this aged very well or maybe it's just me that is a spiteful person.

nunuseli's review against another edition

4.0

Otra pequeña joya a descubrir de Irène Némirovsky. En este caso está narrada y protagonizada por un hombre que un día había sido un gran aventurero y un gran seductor, pero que ahora se ha convertido en un viejo arruinado y huraño que vive recluído en su caserón. Él es espectador de como el secreto de una pequeña tragedia protagonizada por unos jóvenes sale a la luz. Y esto le hace recordar su propia pequeña tragedia del pasado. Escrita como una intriga sentimental, engancha, a pesar de que no haya nunca grandes sorpresas. Es una obra sobria y que funciona como un mecanismo de relojería. Impecable. Pasado y presente se entrelazan para acabarnos contando que la historia se repite eternamente. Una obra cíclica, inteligente y amarga, que además describe a la perfección (con un punta de vista crítico) la vida de un pueblo rural y su gente, con sus secretos, su mezquindad y su monotonía. Ya lo he dicho: una pequeña joya.

ailsahatton's review against another edition

3.0

That time of year when I pick up short books to try and finish more of them - but also when I pick up things I normally wouldn't. Interesting to me because of the way it's been written (or translated) rather than the content - a straightforward kind of storytelling that works well for it.

ibebrie's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely an unfinished work. Just as I was beginning to enjoy this novel, it ended. I loved Nemirovsky's novel Suite Francaise, this novel could definitely have been on par with Suite Francaise.