{"product_id":"balzacs-paris-the-city-as-human-comedy-hardcover","title":"Balzac's Paris: The City as Human Comedy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Hazan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring Paris arm in arm with Balzac, nineteenth-century France's most famous novelist and observer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Balzac's vast \u003ci\u003eHuman Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, a body of ninety-one completed novels and stories, he endeavoured to create a complete picture of contemporary French society and manners. Within this work is a loving ode to Paris and an incomparable introduction to the first capital of the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo this ageless city he makes a declaration of love in an accumulation of finely observed detail - the caf?s, landmarks, avenues, parks - and captures the populace in countless meticulously drawn portraits: its lawyers, grisettes, journalists, concierges, usurers, salesmen, speculators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalzac gathered the elements of this Paris by sauntering through it. 'To saunter is a science, ' he writes, 'it is the gastronomy of the eye. To take a walk is to vegetate; to saunter is to live.' Eric Hazan follows in Balzac's footsteps, criss-crossing the city in the novelist's outsize boots, running between printers, publishers, coffee merchants, mistresses and friends, stopping for a moment, struck by a detail that would be fixed in Balzac's photographic memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a tour of the city, \u003ci\u003eBalzac's Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is an attempt to measure the soul of a city as recovered in its finest literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Hazan\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of the publisher La Fabrique and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eParis in Turmoil, \u003ci\u003eA Walk Through Paris, \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the French Revolution, \u003ci\u003eA History of the Barricade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Notes on the Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e and the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He has lived in Paris, France, all his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763596263712,"sku":"9781839767258","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c5e8bcfb5094e7a5c633db1f0d47f9a.webp?v=1780236428","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/balzacs-paris-the-city-as-human-comedy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}