Excellent story. Balthazar Claes the head of a wealthy Flemish family becomes obsessed with discovering the philosophers stone. The nuances of the story are enthralling as first his wife and her martyrdom and then his daughter Marguerite tries to make him see sense.

This for me was a story about obse

Il rimando a "La pelle di zigrino" nonostante le differenze, è marcato. Le catastrofi cui soggiaciono quasi tutti i protagonisti qui vengono provocate dal dilemma insolubile della scelta impossibile, quella tra la passione della conoscenza e quel che invece rappresenta la viva quotidianità, la famig

Ο Balzac καταφέρνει με πανέμορφο τρόπο να παρουσιάσει κάτι άσχημο και καταστροφικό.
Η έννοια της λέξης Εμμονή έχει πλέον άλλη διάσταση.

«Η αναζήτηση του απόλυτου», μια ισχυρή ιστορία γραμμένη με το απλό και κορυφαίο στυλ της μεγάλης τέχνης.
Είναι γεγονός πως για όσους αγαπούν το μυθιστόρημα που καθρεφτίζει την κραυγή της ανθρώπινης ασχήμιας μπροστά στην αλήθεια, την αίσθηση της τραγωδίας και την ανάλυση με ψυχογραφικό μικροσκόπιο τη

“La Recherche de l’Absolu is, as has been said, a novel in itself. Taking minor points only, it is a masterpiece.” So said George Saintsbury in his introduction to the Complete La Comédie Humaine. After reading this short but powerful novel it is not hard to agree – contained in this story is the es

Η εν λόγω νουβέλα σίγουρα δεν συγκαταλέγεται στα κορυφαία έργα του… κορυφαίου Μπαλζάκ. Όχι πως έχει και μεγάλη σημασία, δεδομένου πως το χαρακτηριστικό, sui generis, Ύφος του συγγραφέα διαποτίζει τη καθεμιά σελίδα της.
Η "Αναζήτηση του απόλυτου", δεν απαιτεί κάποια περαιτέρω επεξήγηση – ο τίτλος είν

Anlaşılmaz bir nedenle bir çok insan inanmadan da umut besleyebilir.

Mutlak Peşinde, bilime merak salmış bir adamın ve ailesinin dramatik öyküsünü konu alıyor. Biraz felsefe birazda dramın harmanlandığı bir aile trajedisi. Kitabın konusu ve karakterlerini çok sevdim, yazar nokta atışı seçimler yapmı

The dissonance between passionately lofty ideals and the material reality of the world we live in is Balzac's perpetual subject, and more than anyone else, he has so thoroughly examined the trauma of the incompatibility of artistic/intellectual pursuits with a society built upon money.

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