Zola had a knack for turbulence, both in his fiction and in his personal life. The author also tells his story with great wit. “A thoughtful examination of anti-Semitism and French jurisprudence in the late 19th-century. “Michael Rosen’s handsomely-written new book depicts with candor and vivacity the lengths at which one great artist fought for moral clarity.” “ The Disappearance of Émile Zola recalls that Zola’s habit of boundlessness continued during his exile, as his letters and works from that period demonstrate his reckoning with the politics and literature that remained swirling in his mind.” For all readers interested in 19th-century France and French literature.” This work further reveals the divisiveness of French society during this period, exacerbated by the Dreyfus affair. Rosen not only captures Zola’s despair but also describes the inaccuracies found in newspaper accounts about his whereabouts. A profoundly humanizing account of a previously opaque literary-political episode.” “Rosen reminds readers of the price Zola paid for voicing the convictions of conscience when he took up the cause of Alfred Dreyfus. The book reads easily and enjoyably and pays proper tribute to Zola’s pertinacity and decency.” Rosen’s chronicle addresses them from an interesting angle. “The Dreyfus Affair and Zola’s part in it retain their fascination.
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