{"product_id":"la-debacle-paperback","title":"La Debacle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmile Zola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElinor Dorday\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobert Lethbridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, \u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e (1892) takes as its subject the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1. During Zola's lifetime it was the bestselling of all his novels, praised by contemporaries for its epic sweep as well as for its attention to historical detail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to explain why the Second Empire ended in a crushing military defeat and revolutionary violence. It focuses on ordinary soldiers, showing their bravery and suffering in the midst of circumstances they cannot control, and includes some of the most powerful description Zola ever wrote. Zola skilfully integrates his narrative of events and the fictional lives of his characters to provide the finest account of this tragic chapter in the history of France. Often compared to \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e has been described as a \"seminal\" work for all modern depictions of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElinor Dorday\u003c\/strong\u003e studied French and Russian at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and translation at the British Institute in Paris (University of London). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Lethbridge \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the seventh Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 2005-2013. He has edited Zola's \u003cem\u003eL'Assommoir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGerminal\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984030105901,"sku":"9780198801894","price":18.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/emJMRHRCRTh2RzNDdFdZTHNxK2NpZz09.webp?v=1776081491","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/la-debacle-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}