– WINNER OF FRANCE'S PRIX RENAUDOT - "A book of exceptional literary quality… it has the kind of intimacy found in the diary of Anne Frank."-The Times Literary Supplement "Heroic… a novel about a nightmare in which the author is entirely embedded."-ANITA BROOKNER, The Spectator "An exceptionally forceful and frank testimony… a real find. A masterpiece."-L'Express "Remarkable as the story of the publication of Suite Française is, it will finally be of anecdotal interest compared with the importance of the book. Here is the work of a fine novelist at the top of her form, writing about the fate of her adopted country with a pitiless clarity."-Evening Standard