Review: Fire in the Blood by Irène Néminrovsky
on Sheila Ash (India), 29/Dec/2018 10:52, 34 days ago
Fire in the BloodbyIrène NémirovskyMy rating:3 of 5 starsThe hidden passions of small town country life seen through the eyes of the aging Silvio who had once had the "fire in the blood" of tempestuous youth, who hankers for its still and who sees it sparkle and die in the ardour, desire, infidelities, mischiefs of the younger generation. I'm a believer that what and who we settle for says so much about us, and I see that in the characters and their choices int his novel. Why does conformity and comfort drown passion? Why do we bleieve blindy that it is only the stuff of youth and not possible in later years? We're all the sadder for it.ashramblings verdict 3*Beautiful flowing prose by Némirovsky's English translatorSandra Smith, This is a short novella of 122 pages in the large print edition I was able to borrow from the library. Jim Norton, the narrator ofAudible's audio versionhas a mature voice well suited to that of Silvio.View all my reviewsashramblings