Pariisi kõht
Format: paperback
ISBN:
5797907194
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Perioodika
Pages no: 304
Edition language: Estonian
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
19th Century,
Roman,
France,
French Literature
Series: Les Rougon-Macquart (#3)
Les Halles in Paris—do you know it? Unless you’re into a bit of French history, you may not. It doesn’t exist anymore, demolished in 1969/70, its centennial year. It was a huge market, much of it housed in at least ten pavilions of glass and iron designed by Victor Baltard. Plus a big domed central ...
A story of a planned revolution, the setting of this novel holds the key to its magnificence. The story takes part in the newly covered mid-19th century markets of Les Halles, in Paris—the covered stalls, the cellars under the markets, the nearby shops. Zola does an amazing job describing the abunda...
IntroductionTranslator's NoteSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Émile Zola--The Belly of ParisExplanatory Notes