I. Némirovsky, Podzimní mouchy aneb žena z dávných dob (překlad, orig. Les mouches d'automne)
| Title in English | I. Némirovsky, Autumn flies or a woman from ancient times (translation, orig. Les mouches d'automne) |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
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| Description | In the not very large, Chekhovian novel Autumn Flies, or A Woman of the Ancient Times, the author depicts the decline of a Russian family whose world collapses in the heat of the revolution. Fleeing the Bolsheviks, the Karins take refuge in France, leaving only their faithful nanny, Tatyana Ivanovna, in the family mansion. Eventually, she too follows in their footsteps and leaves the home that the Bolshevik regime has destroyed for good. I. Némirovsky tells with feeling and without exaggerated pathos the story of people experiencing the end of an era and the pain of losing their home and those they loved so much. Nanny, a woman from a bygone era, is the protector of memories of Russia. Memories that fade in exile and dissolve in the worry of making a living. And with her death, the old world is passing away. Although in moments of despair, the heroes become malaise and tired "autumn flies that [...] fly exhausted and irritable, crashing into windows and dragging their half-dead wings behind them", in the end they too come to a bitter reconciliation with the new everyday. The scope of the book is a reminder that a powerful effect can be achieved with few words. Indeed, the only criticism of the novel is that it is read so quickly. Probably in one sitting. |
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