Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky wood reminding us of the many

reminding us of the many pleasures of the life of the mind

" marks a constant shift between conflicting realities

cadets struggling through their first days at West Point

Tom Vanderbilt begins a year of learning purely for the sake of learning

followed by confrontation in Vietnam

Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky wood reminding us of the manyBeginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Suite Franaise tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now