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The Kill (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Émile Zola (Author), Brian Nelson (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 318 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed. / edition (10 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199536929
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199536924
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49,056 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #11 in  Books > Fiction > The Classics > Zola, Emile
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Times LIterary Supplement, March 11, 2005
This new version is welcome. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Nelson's translation is preceded by a highly useful and scrupulously researched introduction [with] a depth of analysis rarely found in introduction of this kind... The translation itself is sensitive and elegant...the text reads as an engaging and thoughtful close rereading of the original which is especially effective in bringing Zola's fascination with descriptive detail to the attention of the anglophone reader without syntactically overburdening the prose. (Hannah Thompson, Modern Languages Review vol 102, part1 )

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the early Zolas, 23 Dec 2006
The second novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, this is one of his best novels. Written in 1871 and published just after the fall of the Second Empire in France, "The Kill" shows that society at its decadent height. The action takes place in the playgrounds of the fabulously wealthy and tells the story of a woman driven into a scandalous affair by her oblivious husband's utter self-obsession and greed, set against the backdrop of Haussmann's massive redevelopment and the birth of modern Paris. This new translation is excellent, and represents the first new English edition for almost 110 years.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Second Empire Decadence: Use or be Used, 7 Aug 2007
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This new translation by Brian Nelson is excellent. He captures Zola's juxtaposition of intensely detailed descriptive passages with fast moving dialogue. The over wrought, MillsandBoonesque descriptions of hothouse l'amour are great fun. In this novel, sympathetic characters are hard to find. Apparently based on real individuals and events, Zola pulls no punches in his portrayl of greed and lust and how they impact upon the protagonists. The prosaic final two lines of the novel feel like a bucket of cold water dumped over the reader's head.
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