Nana

Author: (French) émile Zola
Translator: Luo Guolin
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Nana is one of the five most famous long novels in the 20 naturalist family history novels, The Rougon-Macquart Cycle, by the French literary giant and main advocate of naturalism, émile Zola. The novel depicts the rise and fall of Nana, a frivolous and extravagant young prostitute, in her short life, providing a detailed portrayal of the incredible debauchery and hedonism of the French upper class during the Second Empire. It foreshadows the decline and fall of the Second Empire. It is a typical experimental novel with significant cognitive value and artistic achievement, holding an important place in the history of French fiction. On April 5, 1981, French newspaper Le Monde commented that in Nana, Zola "very realistically portrayed the tumultuous era of the 19th century, which has not lost its relevance to this day. The problems faced by the characters he depicted are still the same ones we encounter today." Recommended as one of the 37 world literary masterpieces for Chinese readers by Mao Dun. Also recommended as one of the dozens of influential world classical masterpieces by renowned scholars such as Japanese Tatsuo Kishizuka.