The Death of Olivier Becaille

by Emile Zola

Overview

What makes Émile Zola's tale all the more compelling is the fact the first-person narrator is Olivier Becaille himself. Oh, yes, poor Olivier can not move a muscle, he can not utter a word or syllable but Olivier has retained full awareness, partial sight and can hear the voices and sounds around him.

Olivier reasons, "I must have fallen into one of those cataleptic states that I had read of." So when Olivier hears his dear wife Marguerite cry out that he is dead, he's absolutely helpless to let her know he's not dead, far from it, he's still very much alive.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162725053
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/09/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	320 KB

About the Author

Émile François Zola was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France.