Nana - Famous Translations (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: [French] Zola, translated by 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 Family by the French literary giant and main advocate of naturalism, Zola. The novel depicts the rise and fall of a frivolous, extravagant, and impoverished young prostitute named Nana in her brief life, providing a detailed portrayal of the incredible debauchery and decadent customs 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: "Zola's portrayal of the tumultuous 19th century in Nana is still relevant today, as the problems faced by the characters he depicted are the same ones we encounter today." It is one of the 37 world literary masterpieces recommended by Mao Dun for Chinese readers. It is also one of the dozens of influential world classical masterpieces jointly recommended by renowned scholars such as Japanese City.