![]() ![]() It lacks the beautiful writing style of both Némirovsky and Doerr, but the author manages to capture some events and atmosphere of the war years that could spark classroom discussion. Hannah’s book is a bit sappier and more contrived than its predecessors and contains elements similar to the other works of fiction. ![]() The latest contribution to this wartime historical fiction wave is Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, which weaves together the story of two sisters in wartime France. Starting with Irène Némirovsky’s Suite Française (2006) and followed by Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key (2007) and Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See (2014), these novels all spent weeks on bestseller lists. Within the last decade, a number of novels focusing on daily life in France under the Occupation have been published in English and have drawn the attention of a wide reading public. Fogg Missouri University of Science & Technology ![]()
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