The Masterpiece (Oxford World's Classics) |
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Emile Zola
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Pages: 464 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0192839632
Pub: Oxford Paperbacks
Pub date: 1999-03-25
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50027
Reader Reviews:
Too depressing (1/11 people found this helpful)
With all my respect to Mr Zola, I found this book too depressing, it took me sometime to recover from all the sadness and even madness of this poor painter who struggled all his life, and his poor wife. It did put me off from reading other novels/stories about painters (I enjoy art a lot though). It makes you realise how much pain is behind some of those most enjoyable paintings you see in the museums, but after reading this book you do not want to know this...Another book though helped me recover from the Masterpiece, A year in the Merde by Steven Clark, it's just hillarious, strongly recommend.
reading this book is a great artistic experience, a journey (8/11 people found this helpful)
A human need for perfection was never described better: The attempts, The difficulties, the pain of the soul and the boby... The specific plot relates to Art but it brings a massage that is true for every human creation that might become to one's absession. Reading this book takes the reader on an amazing journey that begins as fine arts and crosses the lines to a tragedy. A full CATARSIS. recommanded :)
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