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by Bella Fortuna » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:34 pm
Bella Fortuna wrote:I suspect this may be a topic of
but thought I'd post anyway. Last night I watched the magnificent film
Gervaise, based on one of his series of twenty novels about people living in France's Second Empire,
L'Assommoir.
I've been attracted to naturalistic novels of that period for years, but have never read anything by Zola... now thinking of jumping into this cycle and seeing if I can make it through the other side...
And see that film if you have the opportunity! It's heart-wrenching.
FINALLY
finished this novel last night - what a depressing masterpiece.
Highly recommended!
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by Svartalf » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:26 pm
Honestly, Zola IS depressing, even the 'happy end' books like Au Bonheur des Dames have enough social horror to make Dickens feel light hearted and frolicsome by comparison
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by zmonsterz » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:46 am
Well someone recommended I read Zola and I was jumping up and down thinking "OH GOODY! NEW MATERIAL!"
But I got to the library and.... they didn't have any of his books
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:56 am
zmonsterz wrote:Well someone recommended I read Zola and I was jumping up and down thinking "OH GOODY! NEW MATERIAL!"
But I got to the library and.... they didn't have any of his books
:sighsm:
There's tons on Project Gutenberg - free to download to and e-reader or you can just browse online.
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/z#a528A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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by zmonsterz » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:03 am
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:zmonsterz wrote:Well someone recommended I read Zola and I was jumping up and down thinking "OH GOODY! NEW MATERIAL!"
But I got to the library and.... they didn't have any of his books
:sighsm:
There's tons on Project Gutenberg - free to download to and e-reader or you can just browse online.
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/z#a528
Thanks heaps!!
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