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Kill | Emile Zola
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Here is a true publishing event the first modern translation of a lost masterpiece by one of fiction s giants. Censored upon publication in 1871, out of print since the 1950s, and untranslated for a century, Zola s The Kill (La Curee) emerges as an unheralded classic of naturalism. Second in the author s twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart saga, it is a riveting story of family transgression, heedless desire, and societal greed. The incestuous affair of Renee Saccard and her stepson, Maxime, is set against the frenzied speculation of Renee s financier husband, Aristide, in a Paris becoming a modern metropolis and the capital of the nineteenth century. In the end, setting and story merge in actions that leave a woman s spirit and a city s soul ravaged beyond repair. As vividly rendered by Arthur Goldhammer, one of the world s premier translators from the French, The Kill contains all the qualities of the school of fiction marked, as Henry James wrote, by infernal intelligence. In this new incarnation, The Kill joins Nana and Germinal on the shelf of Zola classics, works by an immortal author who explicit, pitiless, wise, and unrelenting always goes in for the kill. From the Hardcover edition."
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sisilia
The Kill | Emile Zola
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4⭐️ Published in 1871, this novel presented how greed and lust feeding to temptation. I was amazed by Zola‘s detailed descriptions on excess, corruption, and forbidden love. The sad thing is that all the madness still exists now, and we now have helicopter money to exarcebate the damage. Social collapse in the making? Or have we collapsed long time ago and been living in an illusion?

Tanisha_A Sounds pretty good. Nice review! 👏🏽 4y
sisilia Thank you @Tanisha_A Zola was a genius! 4y
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sisilia
The Kill | Emile Zola
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I want to continue reading my book, but my eyes are too tired from a day full of Excel.

Do you read after work, Littens? Most days, I feel that my battery is almost flat in the evening 🤪 No energy to read

Tamra That happens to me too. 😔 4y
Smarkies This has been me this week - drained from Excel.... 4y
TrishB Drained currently from conference calls all day. 4y
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MsMelissa Depends on the day. I generally find it easier to read in the evenings now that I‘m working from home during the day (I have no idea why, since staring at my laptop all day is not being kind to my eyes), but I still get the majority of my reading done on the weekends. 4y
rabbitprincess I read a bit in the mornings before starting work to simulate a commute 🤣 and most days I get some reading done in the evenings, but the weekends are more reliable. 4y
vivastory I have found myself over the past few months being distracted by the new cycle when I get home from work. Since earlier this week I have started leaving my phone in the other room when I get home from work & I've been able to get more quality reading accomplished. 4y
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sisilia
The Kill | Emile Zola
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Still in the mood for Zola

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Eugeniavb
La Cure | Emile Zola
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This is the 2nd book on Zola‘s Rougon-Macquart series, but you don‘t need to read the first one to appreciate “The kill” as it‘s title is translated. I liked this one so much better. I fell in love with Zola with “Therese Raquin” which is superb. This one is on the same vibe of pulling the drapes on a decadent society, maybe even more so on this one as it tackles, let‘s say, forbidden “love” and rampant ambition and corruption. Dark and amazing!

twohectobooks Well, I just learned a new French word! 6y
Eugeniavb @twohectobooks LOL! Apparently it refers to what‘s left of the meat after a hunt. The disgusting part that basically nobody wanted and they threw to the dogs. That‘s “curée”, but in English they went with “The kill”. (Obviously I had to look this up. But the title fits!) 6y
twohectobooks Yeah I had to look it up as well! I thought it was “le curé” as in priest but turns out gender makes a big difference in this case lol 6y
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Eugeniavb
La Cure | Emile Zola
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“Au retour, dans l‘encombrement des voitures qui rentraient par le bord du lac, la calèche dut marcher au pas. Un moment, l‘embarras devint tel, qu‘il lui fallut même s‘arrêter.” #firstlines

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TheLondonBookworm
Kill | Emile Zola
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When your book cover mirrors the weather outside 😂😂😂

scripturient 😂👍🏻 7y
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TheLondonBookworm
Kill | Emile Zola
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Some friends are too good and too cute for words 😍😍😍 #unexpectedbookmail she knew I'd seen a really interesting talk my Micheal Rosen on Emile Zola and got me the book she though I would like 😋😋

Lacythebookworm Yay for great bookish friends! 😊 7y
susanw Great cover too! 7y
LauraBrook Yes! Bookish friends are the best friends. 💖 7y
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MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
TheLondonBookworm @Lacythebookworm ☺️☺️ they're the best! 7y
TheLondonBookworm @susanw it's cool right! :) 7y
TheLondonBookworm @LauraBrook very true! :) 💙💙💙 7y
TheLondonBookworm @MrBook 😊😊😊 surprise book mail always a good day 7y
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