Thérèse Raquin
Adam Thorpe's unflinching translation brings Zola's dark and shocking masterwork to lifeMysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out . . . the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the crime itself goes unsuspected . . . oh yes, there's many a murderer...
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Adam Thorpe's unflinching translation brings Zola's dark and shocking masterwork to lifeMysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out . . . the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the crime itself goes unsuspected . . . oh yes, there's many a murderer basking in the sun . . . When Thérèse Raquin is forced to marry the sickly Camille, she sees a bare life stretching out before her, leading every evening to the same cold bed and every morning to the same empty day. Escape comes in the form of her husband's friend, Laurent, and Thérèse throws herself headlong into an affair. There seems only one obstacle to their happiness: Camille. They plot to be rid of him. But in destroying Camille they kill the very desire that connects them. First published in 1867, Thérèse Raquin has lost none of its power to enthral.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780099573524 (0099573520)
Publish date: April 1st 2014
Publisher: Random House UK
Pages no: 266
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Crime,
France,
French Literature
So if Kate Winslet retires from acting and just does audio books, I will not be disappointed at all.And Zola, you are an evil man.
Zwei unmoralische Menschen, deren Existenzen umeinander kreisen und die ihren innersten Begierden wie Lust, Leidenschaft, Gier und Neid nachgeben, dabei ein unvorstellbares Verbrechen begehen und mit den Konsequenzen dieser Tat nicht leben können. Zugegeben, dieses Buch ist keine Sonntagsabendunterh...
Way back in the late 20th century when I was a teenager and the genre fiction 'industry,' with its absurdly blood-soaked TV tie ins hadn't been invented, I (and many others my age) slumped on the sofa with the novels of DH Lawrence - yes, really- with EM Forster, Emile Zola and of course, a bit of ...
Dragged a bit about 2/3 of the way through, but picked up again towards the end.As it was a translated version I'm not sure how close to the original it was.
Therese Raquin is Madame Bovary on steroids. The young Zola was impressed by Bovary, and its influence is clear throughout Raquin - but he ratchets every aspect of the story up, for better and...well, really for worse; this isn't as good as Bovary.Mainly that's because Zola is no match at all for Fl...