Beast in Man [Hardcover]

Emile Zola (Author), A. Brown (Translator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 340 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services; New impression edition (December 1956)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0236308300
• ISBN-13: 978-0236308309
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,871,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic, July 10, 2000

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Andy Shea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beast in Man (Hardcover)

Sit back and enjoy the ride. From start to finish, this is a fascinating and at times horrfying book.

The Beast In Man was first published in 1890 and is remarkable for its depiction of a world of harsh brutality and the startling frankness of its descriptions of sexual passion.

If ever a book could be described as being ahead of its time, then this is it. Hard-hitting, fast paced, tragic, brutal, erotic and tear jerking, this book has it all.

The plot is exceptional with characters that leap off the page and allow you, the reader, to fully experience their traumatic lives in 19th century France.

All-in-all a fantastic book, written by a true genius who has undoubtedly influenced many of today's most successful scribes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The runaway train on a one-way trip to nowhere, October 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beast in Man (Hardcover)

One of Zola's best and most famous works. There is something strangely fascinating about a murder where the killer escapes detection and punishment only to receive terminal treatment from another, totally unexpected source. When this happens twice in the same book, along with some tales of child abuse, a high-level cover-up, a sabotage attempt on a train in which virtually everyone is killed in the carnage except the persons targeted, a suicide, plus some assorted couplings outside of the marshalling yards, things get really interesting. What makes people commit such crimes? Here Zola really shows his skill in explaining his characters' motives and the dark, primeval forces that drive them. A pulsating, chilling story from beginning to end, full of unexpected twists, starting with the creation of a previously unknown member of the Macquart family as the novel's main character. Highly recommended for long train or air journeys.