Bibliograph

The belly of Paris, Emile Zola ; translated and with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky

Type

Label

The belly of Paris, Emile Zola ; translated and with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The belly of Paris

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

244629019

Responsibility statement

Emile Zola ; translated and with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky

Series statement

Modern Library classics

Summary

In this novel the author chooses as his locale the newly built food markets of Paris. Into this extravagance of food - which Zola describes in set pieces that wet the tongue, excite the ear, and stir up the belly - he places his young hero, the half-starved Florent, who has just escaped imprisonment in Cayenne. Florent finds himself at odds with a world he now knows is unjust. Gradually he takes up with the local Socialists, who are more at home in bars than on the revolutionary streets

Target audience

adult

Classification