Le Bal Irene Nemirovsky Vintage

From the author of the bestselling Suite Française.Le Bal is a sharp, brittle story of a girl who sets out to ruin the mother she hates.

The Kampfs have risen swiftly up the ranks of 1930s Parisian society.

Painfully aware of her working-class roots, and desperate to win acceptance, Madame Kampf decides to throw a huge ball to announce her arrival to society.