Résumé

We know the brilliant writer of the Rougon-Macquart series and the committed author of the open letter "J'accuse...!" but what do we know about his private life? Who were the women in his life? How did they help him to accomplish his work? At what sacrifice? A remarkable fresco that takes us back to the end of the 19th century, to the heart of an ever-changing France and the city of Paris, full of artists and workers."Alice Chemama is devoted to recreating, with watercolors, the avant-garde artistic styles of the era on the page, particularly the impressionism of Manet, Claude Monet, and Paul Cézanne." "Marcaggi's writing shows clear evidence of deep historical research, like the inclusion of correspondence between Emile Zola and Paul Cézanne..." The AV Club