The Belly of Paris
of Ămile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (Translator)
Series: Les Rougon-Macquart #3
Description
Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil's Island. Returning to his native Paris, Florent finds a city he barely recognizes, with its working classes displaced to make way for broad boulevards and bourgeois flats. Living with his brother's family in the newly rebuilt Les Halles market, Florent is soon caught up in a dangerous maelstrom of food and politics. Amid intrigue among the market's sellersâthe fishmonger, the charcutiere, the fruit girl, and the cheese vendorâand the glorious culinary bounty of their labors, we see the dramatic difference between "fat and thin" (the rich and the poor) and how the widening gulf between them strains a city to the breaking point.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 660 pages
- Publisher Green Integer
- Publication Date November 1st 2006
- First Publication 10/30/73
- Language English
- ISBN 9781933382722
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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