{"product_id":"2940150763661","title":"Nana","description":"Nana opens in 1867, the year of the Paris Worlds Fair, when France, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola's scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and moral corruption. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZola tells the story of French realism's most beguiling siren, Nana Coupeau, and her rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte, set amid the decadence and moral decay of France's Gilded Age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen of all shapes, sizes, ages, and stations become besotted with her, all of them at great cost, whether to their money, marriages, dignity, or their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNana's corruption reflects the spirit of her era, her prostitution symbolizing the degenerate state of Second Empire politics and society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as one of the first modern novels, Nana addresses contemporary subjects with realistic observations, dialogue, and scenarios. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts publication sparked a fiery controversy that made it an overnight bestseller, and it has long since reigned as a classic of French literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEMILE ZOLA (1840 –1902) was a French writer, a major figure of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of the modern novel. Zola was nominated for both the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902.","brand":"Newingtons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080324399344,"sku":"2940150763661","price":3.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150763661_p0.jpg?v=1764006726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150763661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}