Book Review: L’Œuvre by Émile Zola

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Book Review: L’Œuvre (Les Rougon-Macquart #14) by Émile Zola

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This book really resonated with me. The mania. The frustrations. The art. Sure; they are some long and tedious parts. But I liked it. I actually sympathize with all of the characters, sure, sometimes they’re rude and cocky and self-absorbed but at the end they were all striving and starving artists; sculptors, painters, writers, etc. Maybe it’s because I self-identity that I can pass less of a judgment on them than non-artistically oriented people? Overall, a fascinating read on striving surrealist artists.

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” 

“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.” 

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