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Papers left by French novelist killed at Auschwitz cause sensation

When Irène Némirovsky [one of France's leading novelists] was sent to Auschwitz she left behind a hidden literary sensation – [a suitcase full of manuscripts] ....

... The manuscripts inside the suitcase contained the text of Suite Française, the French publishing sensation of 2004 that is taking the Anglo-Saxon world by storm. It tells in vivid prose the story of the early days of the second world war and the reaction of the French to the German invasion.
Read entire article at Times (of London)