Zola
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Where should I start with this beast?
>>7834276
the greeks
only thing I read by him was Germinal, but that was pretty good
yeah go with germinal
>>7834276
start with l'Assomoir.
In French if you can read it.
Germinal is a very black proletarian novel. Au Bonheur des Dames is a slightly more jovial, Parisian novel, which depicts how big department stores are crushing traditional businesses. You have the success of the big business paired with the despair of the smaller ones. My favorite of his.
Will reading Zola destroy my redpilledness and transform me into a Bernie cuck?
Therese Raquin desu
>>7835410
His goal was to describe in the most accurate way possible some sociological phenomenons, he doesn't try to deliver a judgement about them.
L'Oeuvre: descriptions of sunsets over the Seine
Le ventre de Paris: descriptions of markets: fish and vegetables
L'Assommoir: decriptions of a boring woman doing boring stuffshe dies of alcoholism fuck you this is a spoiler don't say you weren't warned
