The choice of Tatiana de Rosnay: “Le Bal’, a tasty revenge. Irène Némirovsky, who died prematurely during deportation, rediscovered with “Suite française” published posthumously in 2004.
A youthful work is worth rediscovering: "Le Bal", a long short story published in 1929 under a male pseudonym when the author was only 26 years old. The story? Antoinette is a shy teenager with a monster of a mother, a vain, cold creature, obsessed with money and who neglects her daughter.