A simple, peaceful life is wiped out in a few hours by the uncontrollable force of nature. Louis Roubière, a well-to-do farmer on the banks of the Garonne, loses everything when the river overflows in the summer of 1875.
With simplicity and intensity, Zola narrates a tragedy of almost biblical proportions, where man is left naked in the face of the fury of the elements of nature.
A poignant tale about the fragile nature of happiness, the power of loss, and silent dignity in the face of the inevitable. One of the most poignant and anthropocentric texts by the great French naturalist.
THE LINE
"Breathless" are being read: works that are small in size, but rich in ideas, boldness and content. The "Breathless" series aspires to highlight lesser-known or forgotten works of world literature, giving them new life through a modern, fresh reading proposition.
THE CREATOR
THE Emile Zola (1840-1902) was one of the prominent writers of French literature of the 19th century. Leading figure of the naturalistic school, Zola most fully summarized his social, philosophical, and aesthetic views in his twenty-volume work The Rougon-Macards, a magnificent panorama of French society on the threshold of the 20th century. His pioneering writing contributed greatly to the formation of modern perceptions of social problems and human behavior as a product of environment and heredity.
