In November 1940, Irène Némirovsky sent two short stories signed "C. Michaud" to Aujourd'hui, a Parisian daily still directed by Henri Jeanson. La Peur has been returned to its author, with the words "non, censuré" (not censored) crossed out. Inspired by a real fact, this short story tells the murder of a peasant by his neighbor who took him for a spy.
October 29: Ir ne N mirovsky is r sout, publish under a pseudonym. At times, unbearable anguish. Feeling of November: Plans to write a novel about the Church and the June 1940 Exodus, provisionally entitled Panique, ou Temp te, sur le mod le de La Mousson (The Rains Came) by Louis Bromfield (1937).
