The flood / Emile Zola ; translated by Anthony Cummins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.

Contributor:

Cummins, Anthony, translator.

Series:

Hesperus Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902--Translations into English.

Zola, Émile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Hesperus Press Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A wonderful collection of three surreal stories from French master Émile Zola given a fresh new translation Sixty-two-year-old Louis Roubieu sees his family's long-awaited prosperity as a reward rained upon him by God for years of arduous toil on the land. Yet it is the very abundance of God's rain, initially observed from the window of their imposing farmhouse, which comes to pose a dire threat to not merely their livelihood but their very lives. Along with the complementary stories presented here, the celebrated ""Blood"" and ""Three Wars,"" this is a d

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Flood; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; Blood; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Three Wars; 1; 2; 3; NOTES; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; HESPERUS PRESS; SELECTED TITLES FROM HESPERUS PRESS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780942148

1780942141

9781780942124

1780942125

OCLC:

854975359