David Golder

About “David Golder”

This 1929 novel by Irène Némirovsky follows David Golder, born into poverty on the Black Sea, who has clawed his way to fabulous wealth speculating on gold and oil. While he works in his Parisian apartment defending his business from cut-throat competitors, his wife and daughter Joyce spend his money in Biarritz, and as his health strains under years of struggle, his family betrays him, forcing him to choose between revenge and altruism.