The Debacle

Émile Zola, Leonard Tancock, Leonard Tancock

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French

Penguin
01 April 1973

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Robin Buss's acclaimed translation vividly brings Zola's descriptions to life in clear, contemporary English.

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred

is immediate. But after they are thrown together during the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, the pair are compelled to understand one other. Forging a profound friendship, they must struggle together to endure a disorganised and brutal war, the savage destruction of France's Second Empire and the fall of Napoleon III. One of the greatest of all war novels, The Debacle is the nineteenth novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A forceful and deeply moving tale of close friendship, it is also a fascinating chronicle of the events that were to lead, in the words of Zola himself, to 'the murder of a nation'.

By: Émile Zola
Introduction by: Leonard Tancock
Translated by: Leonard Tancock
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 351g
ISBN: 9780140442809
ISBN 10: 0140442804
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 April 1973
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist and critic, the founder of the Naturalist movement in literature. Among Zola's most important works is his famous Rougon-Macquart cycle (1871-1893), which included such novels as L'Assomoir (1877), about the suffering of the Parisian working-class, Nana (1880), dealing with prostitution, and Germinal (1885).

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The Debacle

Émile Zola, Leonard Tancock, Leonard Tancock

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