Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille)
Author | : Émile Zola |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2009-01-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199538706 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199538700 |
Rating | : 4/5 (700 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille) written by Émile Zola and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-01-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zola's most acerbic social satire, Pot Luck is set in a newly constructed block of flats in the Rue de Choiseul, Paris. Although it seems a place of prosperity and harmony, it is riddled with snobbery and hypocrisy. Systematically exposing the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of adulteries and betrayals, and depicts a veritable `melting pot' of moral and sexual degeneracy. This new translation captures the directness and robustness of Zola's language, and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions.