Umsebenzi otholakalela imbangela yokujula kwe-bibliographic ka U-Irene Nemirovsky, osevele ungumlobi oyinganekwane wezincwadi zomhlaba. Inoveli yombhali isivele ihlanganiswe emkhakheni wakhe, ilayishwe yilowo msebenzi owedlulele obungeke wethulwe ngenxa yesiphetho esibi ebimlindele ngaphambi kokufinyelela eminyakeni engamashumi amane ubudala.
Kubhalwe entwasahlobo ka-1942, ngasikhathi sinye no Indawo yesiFulentshi futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokushona kombhali, futhi yashicilelwa ngemuva kokufa ngo-1957, Imililo yasekwindla yasinda ngokuyisimangaliso ekuqothulweni ubuNazi, futhi ukutholakala kwakamuva kwekhophi elungiswe kahle kakhulu yenoveli kaNémirovsky uqobo kuyinika inani elingaphezulu elibaluleke kakhulu.
Ukwabelana ngokubukeza kwakhe okubucayi, okucishe kube yinto ehlekisayo yesikhathi sakhe, neminye imisebenzi yakhe yokuqashelwa okukhulu njenge Indawo yesiFulentshie Imililo yasekwindla, UNémirovsky uphinde waqamba umlando othokozisayo we-fresco wokwehliswa kongxiwankulu baseParis ngalesi sikhathi esimangazayo.
Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, uBernard Jacquelain ubuya emseleni nezindondo, kepha udumele ngokungabi namathemba. Ngemuva kokwesabeka okubonwe ngaphambili, ulwela ukuthola indawo emhlabeni yamabhizinisi angacacile ahlasela eParis.
Yini engadonsela uTherèse omuhle futhi onengqondo kaBernard odlubulundayo nonamahloni? Ngaphandle kokuphoxeka nokuhlupheka okungalethwa yilobu budlelwano, uTherèse uyamthanda futhi unethemba lokuthi amandla othando ekugcineni azonqoba.
Iminyaka eyishumi, ngenxa yemali elula, bobabili bajabulela ubumnandi obuncane bokuphila konxiwankulu, kepha lapho izigubhu zempi zishaya kakhulu futhi nekusasa lingaqinisekile, konke kuqala ukuwohloka.
Hlala eParis enomkhuhlane nencibilikayo yenkathi yempi, Imililo yasekwindla akusona nje isithombe esiseduze samadoda nabesifazane abafuna inkululeko engenakwenzeka, kodwa futhi nokuboniswa okungenakuqhathaniswa nokuqothulayo kwesigaba sezenhlalo esidla amalungelo abo namasiko abo.
Manje usungathenga lokhu kukhishwa kabusha kwenoveli Imililo yeKwindla, incwadi ka-Irene Nemirovsky, lapha: