Episode 2

Events seen from Denise's perspective.

She's a married woman holidaying in Hendaye, who falls passionately in love with Yves, a veteran of the Great War.

When they return to Paris Yves is poor and must return to his mundane office job.

Denise feels the tone of their relationship change without understanding why; she wants him more than ever.

Irene Nemirovsky's 1926 novel dramatised by Lin Coghlan

Denise ...... Sarah Smart
Yves ...... Joseph Kloska
Francette ...... Charlotte Sienna Lee
Ja Ja ...... Rupert Hill
Madame Franchevielle ...... Emma Gregory

Translated by Sandra Smith.

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.