The Disappearance of mile Zola Love, Literature, and the Dreyfus Case [Paperback]

The Dreyfus Affair and Zolas part in it retain their fascination. Mr. Rosens chronicle addresses them from an interesting angle. The book reads easily and enjoyably and pays proper tribute to Zolas pertinacity and decency.Rosen reminds readers of the price Zola paid for voicing the convictions of conscience when he took up the cause of Alfred Dreyfus. A profoundly humanizing account of a previously opaque literary-political episode.Remarkable. Rosen not only captures Zolas despair but also describes the inaccuracies found in newspaper accounts about his whereabouts. This work further reveals the divisiveness of French society during this period, exacerbated by the Dreyfus affair. For all readers interested in 19th-century France and French literature.Michael Rosens handsomely-written new book depicts with candor and vivacity the lengths at which one great artist fought for moral clarity.A thoughtful examination of anti-Semitism and French jurisprudence in the late 19th-century. The author also tells his story with great wit. Zola had a knack for turbulence, both in his fiction and in his personal life. This lively account documents one of the most turbulent and consequential episodes of all.Absorbing.Not a dispassionate work of history but a homage to Zola for his fight against anti-Semitism. There is a certain charm in Rosens portrayal of the great writers solitary sojourn in south London.Zolas slogan was 'Reality is Truth,' but how to find that reality? Rosen poses Zolas dilemma, naturalism or impressionism, interestingly. Thought-provoking.A gripping account of a lost period in the life of Zola.The incredible story of ?mile Zola's escape to London in the aftermath of the scandalous Dreyfus Affair.