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"Rome" is the second book of a trilogy that started with Lourdes and concludes with Paris. Often called the Three Cities trilogy. In Rome the story depicts a disillusioned priest as he goes to the Vatican to defend his book which is to be placed on the Index of Prohibited Books. The story explores his hope for a new kind of Christianity that in his opinion will meet the needs of modern society in a better way. He is confronted with a religious organisation unable to change with the times. show more Zola's critical description of Papal bureaucracy will not endear this work to devout Catholics, but his description of the inner workings of the Vatican is informative and fascinating. show lessTags
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Rome is the second book of a trilogy that started with Lourdes and concludes with Paris. Often called the Three Cities trilogy, the books could also be called Faith, Hope, and Charity. Rome picks up the story of a disillusioned priest as he goes to Rome to defend his book which is to be placed on the Index of Prohibited Books. The story explores his hope for a new Christianity that will meet the needs of modern society and his confrontation with a religious organization unable to change with the times. Zola's critical description of Papal bureaucracy will not endear this work to devout Catholics, but his description of the inner workings of the Vatican is informative and fascinating.
Tras casi un siglo de ausencia de las librerías, editamos la versión íntegra de Roma, una de las últimas novelas de Zola, perteneciente a la trilogía de Las tres ciudades (Lourdes, Roma, París), y publicada en 1896. En esta novela, testimonio original e incomparable de la Italia de finales del XIX, Zola se sirve del protagonista, Pierre Froment, para mostrarnos las múltiples facetas de Roma, ciudad del arte, laberinto de intrigas, de odios y de ambiciones de toda índole, mundo en el que impera lo venal y la pompa, habitado desde hace siglos por dos sociedades que conviven juntas, el mundo blanco y el mundo negro. Zola utilizó para documentarse el diario de su estancia en Roma en 1894, unos cuatrocientos folios de anotaciones show more recogidas día a día, y las más de mil páginas de apuntes sobre la ciudad, extraídas de unos trescientos volúmenes sobre Italia y el Papado. En palabras del propio Zola: «Jamás me vi abrumado por tantos documentos, notas e impresiones personales. Todo un océano de información». Todo ello otorga a la novela un sello de innegable autenticidad. show less
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Zola was the spokesperson for the naturalist novel in France and the leader of a school that championed the infusion of literature with new scientific theories of human development drawn from Charles Darwin (see Vol. 5) and various social philosophers. The theoretical claims for such an approach, which are considered simplistic today, were show more outlined by Zola in his Le Roman Experimental (The Experimental Novel, 1880). He was the author of the series of 20 novels called The Rougon-Macquart, in which he attempted to trace scientifically the effects of heredity through five generations of the Rougon and Macquart families. Three of the outstanding volumes are L'Assommoir (1877), a study of alcoholism and the working class; Nana (1880), a story of a prostitute who is a femme fatale; and Germinal (1885), a study of a strike at a coal mine. All gave scope to Zola's gift for portraying crowds in turmoil. Today Zola's novels have been appreciated by critics for their epic scope and their visionary and mythical qualities. He continues to be immensely popular with French readers. His newspaper article "J'Accuse," written in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, launched Zola into the public limelight and made him the political conscience of his country. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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