Nana. Zola E.

Nana's novel is the ninth work of the Large-scale cycle of Rugon-Makkara, which Emil Zola began to write in 1870, and finished in 23 years-in 1893, Balzac made a great impression on Zola, and the Balzac, and The writer decided to create a similar project in which the life of his country would be reflected. The planned Zola large -scale saga describes several generations of one family, whose representatives penetrate into all layers of society. Most of the heroes of the saga appear in the first novel of the series - in the “Career of Rugons”. Next, the writer traces the life paths of each of his characters. Zola conceived such Romanov to release about ten, and wrote twenty. The writer himself recommended that they read them in the following order: “Career Rugonov”, “His Excellency Eugene Rugon”, “Preby”, “Money”, “Dream”, “Conquest of the Plassan”, “Nappa”, “Damian Happiness”, “The Exclusive of the Abbot Moore ”,“ Page of Love ”,“ Womb of Paris ”,“ The Joy of Life ”,“ Western ”,“ Creativity ”,“ Man-Zver ”,“ Germinal ”,“ Nana ”,“ Earth ”,“ Debat ”and“ Doctor Pascal". In the last volume, Zola brought together the ends of all the novels of his saga, which is rightly considered the pinnacle of his literary creativity.

The book is decorated with color illustrations of the French engraver and painter Charles Labor. He was born in 1886 in Argentina, in Buenos Aires. The parents of the future artist were French. Soon they returned to their homeland, and Charles spent his childhood in the south of France, in Bearn, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where his parents had a small tents. The young man attracted painting. At first he was engaged in the famous Paris Academy of Julian. This was the name of the private Academy of Arts, founded in 1868 by the French teacher Rodolfo Julian. In its walls, the mentor of Labor was the famous William Bugro, who taught Charles to all the intricacies of academic painting. He graduated from his education in the Labor in the Paris School of Fine Arts, where he was taught by academician Luke-Olivier Marson. He threw Charles the idea of ​​engaging in illustration, because Marson himself was famous in that capacity. In childhood, Labor had the book “The Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God” with the illustrations of Marson. The first works of Labor began to appear on the pages of newspapers. He signed them, discarding the end of his name - Sha Labor. Then the turn reached the books. The artist lived a long life, rich in creativity and died six months after the occupation by the Nazis of Paris - at the very end of December 1941