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Based on a true story and set during the French Revolution, this novel tells the tale of a Senegalese girl saved from slavery and raised by an aristocratic French family. When she overhears a conversation about her race, she suddenly becomes aware of the color of her skin and the prejudice it produces. Unhappy and physically ill after her revelation, Ourika struggles to come to terms with her African identity in the midst of upper-class wealth and privilege. A bestseller ever since its publication in 1823, this touching story addresses race, class, and the role of women in society with earnest emotion and surprising psychological depth. "Basada en hechos veridicos y con la Revolucion francesa de trasfondo, esta novela narra la historia de una nina senegalesa que fue rescatada de la esclavitud y criada por una familia francesa acomodada. Cuando escucha una conversacion sobre su raza, toma conciencia del color de su piel y del prejuicio que causa. Infeliz y fisicamente enferma luego de esta revelacion, Ourika lucha por aceptar su identidad africana a la vez que esta rodeada por las riquezas y el privilegio de la clase alta. Un exito desde su pubicacion en 1823, esta novela hace frente a las cuestiones de raza, clase y el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad con un sentimiento genuino y con una profundidad psicologica asombrosa."
Entrusted in 1906 by the newspaper "Le Matin "with the "faits-divers" column, Felix Feneon, dandy and model civil servant by day, started reporting on the accidents, fights, riots, arsons, and murders from around the provinces. Given only three lines to detail each incident, Feneon turned the practice into an art, loading the pieces with sarcasm and black humor until each small capsule of life was an explosive read. The result is this collection of more than 1,200 short texts that still have the freshness and nerve to surprise even the modern reader. "Asignado la columna de "faits-divers" en 1906 por el periodico "Le Matin," Felix Feneon, dandy y, de dia, funcionario ejemplar, comenzo a informar sobre los accidentes, las peleas, los tumultos, los incendios y los asesinatos en las provincias. Con solo tres lineas para detallar cada incidente, Feneon convirtio la practica en un arte, cargando los articulos con sarcasmo y humor negro hasta que cada pequena capsula de vida se convirtiera en una lectura explosiva. El resultado es este conjunto de mas de 1.200 textos breves que todavia tienen la frescura y el descaro para lograr sorprender al lector moderno."
Jean Dezert is a melancholy individual who, plagued with a terrible lack of imagination, is mortally bored. He had begun resigning himself to his own mediocrity when, one Sunday, trying to distract himself, he does what the advertisements he is handed on the streets tell him to do: he takes a hot bath with a massage, has lunch at an anti-alcoholic vegetarian restaurant, and ends his day by attending a conference about sexual health livened by a soiree. It is then that he meets the lively and wild Elvire Barrochet, who approaches him in the middle of the Jardin des Plantes and makes his life impossible. "Jean Dezert es un individuo melancolico que, aquejado de una falta atroz de imaginacion, se aburre mortalmente. Ya empezaba a resignarse a su propia mediocridad cuando, un domingo, como para intentar distraerse, decide seguir los consejos de los folletos publicitarios que le entregan por la calle: toma un bano caliente con masaje, almuerza en un restaurante vegetariano antialcoholico, y finaliza la jornada asistiendo a una conferencia sobre salud sexual amenizada con una velada musical. Es entonces cuando aparece la pizpireta y alocada Elvire Barrochet, que le aborda en pleno Jardin des Plantes para hacerle la vida imposible."
Considered one of the best novels of French decadence, this book caused a huge scandal after its publication due to its graphic allusions and depraved argument. "Aun considerada una de las mejores novelas de la decadencia francesa, este libro causo un escandalo cuando fue publicado por sus alusiones graficas y su argumento depravado."
Written in full swing of the famous Dreyfus affair, this book is a politically incorrect tale equipped with a jet-black humor, mixing crime, unsatisfied carnal desires, and the eternal questions about uncertain fate. "Escrito durante el famoso caso Dreyfus, este libro es una historia politicamente incorrecta cargada de humor negro, mezclando crimen, deseos carnales insatisfechos y las preguntas eternas sobre destinos desconocidos."
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