About this title: 'Respectable people...What bastards!' Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'etat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The old Marche des Innocents has been knocked down as part of Haussmann's grand programme of urban reconstruction to make way ...
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Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Modern Library, 2009. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780192806338ISBN:0192806335
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-09-28
ISBN-13:9780199555840ISBN:0199555842
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Publisher: Green Integer
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781933382722ISBN:1933382724
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Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2009-05-12
ISBN-13:9780812974225ISBN:0812974220
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Publisher: Green Integer
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781933382722ISBN:1933382724
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199555840ISBN:0199555842
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 320 pages. Florent quenu returns to paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. the great new food market, les halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. the third in zola's rougon-macquart series, the belly of paris appears in a vibrant new translation. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Green Integer
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781933382722ISBN:1933382724
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199555840ISBN:0199555842
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (320) florent quenu returns to paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. the great new food market, les halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. the third in zola's rougon-macquart series, the belly of paris appears in a vibrant new translation. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: SUN & MOON PRESS, LOS ANGELES
Date Published: 1996
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6ľ"-7ľ" tall. Translated from the French by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. Lightly read, slight light general soiling to the fore-edge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Green Integer
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781933382722ISBN:1933382724
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"This is a book that i was required to read for an English 1A class. It was difficult become engrossed in the novel, but once I was immersed into the world of the 19th century Parisian markets this became one of the most unique experiences that I have had in my reading career. I felt a kinship with the main character, Florent, as well as the author, Zola, in that their feelings of distaste for the gluttony and excess that their society exhibits seem to mirror my own. I highly recommend this book and encourage everyone to persevere through some tedious passages."
"'The Belly of Paris' is a beautifully descriptive and brilliantly constructed work. Zola's vivid depiction of Les Halles do bring the markets alive and the food descriptions are nothing less than astonishing, as you would expect from Zola. The strength of this novel is definitely in the description and in the vibrant portrayal of the people who live and work around the market. The plot is quite thin, in comparison with other novels in the Rougon-Macquart series, and it certainly does not possess the power of some of Zola's later work. Still, I was very much gripped by this novel and would recommend it to anyone interested in Zola, Paris and French History or is passionate about food and markets."
"The more Zola I read the more I just simply love his stories.I am seriously contemplating reading them in French just to see what its like in the original language.This 3rd installment of 20 in the Rougon-Macquart family saga.His descriptiveness reaches new heights in this book.I felt I was walking through "Les Halles" market with every sentence I read.This is what classic literature is all about."
"The Belly of Paris is one of Zola's Les Rougon-Marcquart series which tolal over 20 books. Belly of Paris does for food what his book The Ladies Paradice did for shopping. Full of food, color and smells, it is full of lust and fat. A better read of Zola is not to be found. This is not a quick two day book as it is full of people and plots."
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