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...“Le bal est fini pour les indépendants,” she sings, over fuzzed guitar. “C’est un bal macabre.” (The ball is over for the independents . . . It’s a macabre ball.)...
...Le Bal By Irene NemirovskyTranslated by Sandra Smith Vintage £7.99 FT bookshop price: £6.39 The latest gem from the rehabilitated canon of Irene Nemirovsky is Le Bal, the title story in this two-header...
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