Nana

by ïmile Zola

Overview

Nana, neuvième roman de la célèbre série Les Rougon-Macquart d'Émile Zola, nous plonge dans le Paris flamboyant de la fin du XIXe siècle, sous le règne du Second Empire. Nana, une femme issue des bas-fonds, s'élève rapidement dans la société grâce à son charme irrésistible et ses amours tumultueuses. Symbole de la décadence et du vice, elle incarne le pouvoir destructeur de la séduction.

Zola explore ici les inégalités sociales, la dépravation et l'hypocrisie de la bourgeoisie, dans un tableau fascinant et cru du monde théâtral et des plaisirs mondains. Ce roman puissant, à la fois critique sociale et fresque humaine, révèle la force implacable de la nature et du destin. Nana est une oeuvre incontournable de la littérature naturaliste, où se mêlent réalisme saisissant et tragédie humaine.

Découvrez le destin troublant d'une femme qui, par son charme et ses excès, fera vaciller une société entière.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789361906992
Publisher:	Pages Planet Publishing
Publication date:	08/29/2024
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Émile Zola

Helen Constantine taught languages in schools until 2000, when she became a full-time translator. Her volumes of translated stories, Paris Tales, Paris Metro Tales, Paris Street Tales and French Tales are published by Oxford University Press. She is also the general editor of a series of 'City Tales' for OUP. Her translations include Mademoiselle de Maupin by Theophile Gautier (Penguin), Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos (Penguin), The Wild Ass's Skin by Balzac, The Conquest of Plassans and A Love Story by Zola and Flaubert's Sentimental Education, all for the Oxford World's Classics. She formerly co-edited the magazine Modern Poetry in Translation with her husband, the writer David Constantine.

Brian Nelson is Emeritus Professor (French Studies and Translation Studies) at Monash University, Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. His publications include The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature, The Cambridge Companion to Zola, Zola and the Bourgeoisie, and translations of Zola's His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Earth (with Julie Rose), The Fortune of the Rougons, The Belly of Paris, The Kill, Pot Luck and The Ladies' Paradise for the Oxford World's Classics. He has also translated Swann in Love by Marcel Proust for the series. He was awarded the New South Wales Premier's Prize for Translation in 2015.

Editorial Reviews

This rather risqu novel-for 1880 that is-tells the story of ruthless protagonist Nana's rise from the gutter to the height of Parisian society. The book's heavy allusion to sexual favors caused it to be denounced as pornography upon publication, which, of course, made it a big hit.

Library Journal

"The translation...is fluid and true to the text. The A.G. Stevens cover print is an excellent choice."—Roy Arthur Swanson, Univ. of Wisconsin

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