Μια αξιοσημείωτη νουβέλα από την ανθρώπινη κωμωδία (La Comédie humaine) του Μπαλζάκ. Ο τίτλος παραπέμπει φυσικά τον αναγνώστη στο γνωστό έθος της Κορσικής αλλά και άλλων περιοχών της Μεσογείου: τη βεντέτα μεταξύ οικογενειών, αλλά το βιβιλίο είναι πολύ περισσότερα από αυτό καθώς κινείται παράλληλα σε

This is among Balzac's earliest works, making its first appearance in 1830. It's always an adjustment reading him after a steadier diet of relatively recent works. In this case, the beginning was a bit clunkier than usual and I don't know if that is because he had not yet hit his stride as an author

A gently lyrical novella. At first it seemed melodramatic and as if it could be unbelievable but as the introduction to this edition illustrates, there were events in Balzac's family that it could have been based on, so it does not actually seem unbelievable then and makes for good food for thought,

In 1830, when this work was first published, Balzac became increasingly involved with journalism in order to make his living, and wrote some interesting articles on the miserable conditions of the publishing world of his times, and the instability of the artistic profession. So, too, the heroine, a

This is my first Balzac novel. I enjoyed it. This Romeo and Juliet set in Paris around Napoleons time is well written. The Corsican family arriving after a revenge killing in Paris with the scene set well. Then how the daughter falls in and love with a man who is a sworn enemy of her father. She cho