{"product_id":"9788412281156","title":"THE HUMAN COMEDY. VOLUME XIII","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTHE HUMAN COMEDY. VOLUME XIII\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis thirteenth volume of The Human Comedy brings together the four works that make up the Scenes from Political Life cycle, with a common denominator: power and its hidden mechanisms. The reader will find an immersion into the intricacies of power during the Napoleonic era and the Restoration, where ambition, conspiracy, and class struggle become the true engines of history. Balzac deploys his mastery to unravel the psychology of the characters who pull the strings of the State, offering a lucid and uncompromising vision of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume focuses on the analysis of French political life through two key novels. In \u003cem\u003eA Murky Business\u003c\/em\u003e, Balzac recreates a dark episode of the Napoleonic era: the aristocracy's resistance to allying with the Emperor and the subsequent repression orchestrated by Fouché to erase the traces of a royalist plot. The plot unfolds as a political thriller where loyalty and betrayal are blurred. The second work, \u003cem\u003eAn Episode During the Terror\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the climate of fear and persecution during the French Revolution, showing how absolute power corrupts and dehumanizes. Both narratives offer an implacable portrait of power dynamics, political survival, and the price of ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePolitical power and its hidden mechanisms during the Napoleonic Empire and the Restoration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eConspiracy and class struggle between the aristocracy and the new bourgeois order.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe psychology of power: ambition, betrayal, and survival in high politics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between official history and the dark episodes that shape it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is aimed at readers interested in quality historical and political novels, as well as those seeking to understand the roots of modern France through literature. It is especially recommended for followers of Balzac and 19th-century realist literature, as well as those who enjoy plots of intrigue and power with deep psychological character analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA lucid and well-documented view of the intricacies of power in Napoleonic and revolutionary France.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe opportunity to delve into the narrative mastery of Balzac, one of the great novelists of world literature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA profound analysis of human nature in extreme situations of power and survival.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe possibility of completing one's reading of The Human Comedy with one of its lesser-known but equally fascinating cycles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e HONORÉ DE BALZAC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HERMIDA EDITORES, S.L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FICTION, CLASSIC FICTION\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e EL JARDIN DE EPICURO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 900 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis thirteenth volume of The Human Comedy represents an exceptional opportunity to delve into Balzac's most political side, where the author demonstrates his ability to turn history into top-tier literature. The two included novels offer a penetrating look at power, conspiracy, and ambition, with prose that keeps the reader in suspense. For lovers of the realist novel and social analysis, this paperback edition from Hermida Editores is a valuable acquisition that completes the understanding of one of the crowning achievements of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HERMIDA EDITORES S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407138382171,"sku":"9788412281156","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841228115.jpg?v=1781847769","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788412281156","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}