حين يكتب فيكتور هيجو عن باريس، يشبهها بفتاة مغناج، تنفجر ضاحكة في وجه الجنس البشري وتقول أأنا بلهاء؟! لها ابتهاج هو بمثابة الصاعقة، وضحكتها فوهة بركان يصيب رشاشه الأرض. ولها الحق في أن تكون كذلك حسب تصوره، إذ أن لها يوم 14 تموز، وهي تحمل جميع الأمم على أن تقسم يمين ملعب التنس. كتبها ومسرحها وفنها...
«A vida é uma singular comédia.» (p. 72)São escritores como Balzac que elevam a prosa ao estatuto de arte e tornam o simples ato de ler num enorme prazer. Foi então pela escrita do autor que me rendi a «A Rapariga dos Olhos de Ouro», mais do que propriamente pelo melodramático romance. Gostei mui...
4.5 stars. I have jumped around quite a bit while reading Balzac’s The Human Comedy, starting with The Unknown Masterpiece and Gambara, and then going back to what is probably his best known work, Père Goriot. Last year was my year of Shakespeare. This is my year of Proust. I think that my next a...
Ok, first of all, some info about Catherine de' Medici because Balzac begins by taking issue with her reputation, and I don't know much about her (even though I've visited the Château de Chenonceau from which she ruled, and admired her bedroom.)So, to Wikipedia: Catherine de' Medici (13 April 151...
Be careful what you wish for!, February 3, 2015This review is from: The Vicar of Tours (Kindle Edition)The wonderfully told story of chubby, innocent Abbe Birotteau, the eponymous vicar. He yearns for promotion to canon, but also to live in the luxurious boarding house, run for clergymen by embit...