Nana

Author: Émile Zola

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Product Code: 785258

12.50 €

Qty:

Available

Free shipping for orders over 25€ within Greece

Didn't find the book you were looking for?

Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the ThÃ©Ã¢tre des VariÃ©tÃ©s. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Rich men, Comtes and Marquises fall at her feet, great ladies try to emulate her appearance, lovers even kill themselves for her. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Nana provoked outrage on its publication in 1880, with its heroine damned as 'the most crude and bestial sort of whore', yes the language of the novel makes Nana almost a mythical figure: a destructive force preying on a corrupt society.

Attributes

ISBN: 9780140442632
Publication date: 1973
Pages: 480

Nana

Didn't find the book you were looking for?

E-shop