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| Title | : | The Gods Will Have Blood |
| Author | : | Anatole France |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1990 by Penguin Books Ltd (first published 1912) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. France. Classics. European Literature. French Literature |
Anatole France
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 3.75 | 1918 Users | 157 Reviews
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Published in 1912, when Anatole France was sixty-eight, The Gods Will Have Blood is the story of Gamelin, an idealistic young artist appointed as a magistrate during the French Revolution. Gamelin's ideals lead him to the most monstrous mass murder of his countrymen, and the links between Gamelin and his family, his mistress and the humanist Brotteaux are catastrophically severed. This book recreates the violence and devastation of the Terror with breathtaking power, and weaves into it a tale which grips, convinces and profoundly moves. The perfection of Anatole France's prose style, with its myriad subtle ironies, is here translated by Frederick Davies with admirable skill and sensitivity. That The Gods Will Have Blood is Anatole France's masterpiece is beyond doubt. It is also one of the most brilliantly polished novels in French literature.Anatole France was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921.
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| Original Title: | Les Dieux ont soif |
| ISBN: | 0140184570 (ISBN13: 9780140184570) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Évariste Gamelin, Élodie Blaise, Maurice Brotteaux des Ilettes, Marthe Gorcut, Louis Longuemare, Jean Blaise, Philippe Desmahis, Rose Thénevin |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 1918 Users | 157 ReviewsWeigh Up Containing Books The Gods Will Have Blood
Even at a young age, I was already intrigued by France's Reign of Terror because it was one of the few documented instances of protracted anarchism. It also featured colorful leaders and anti-heroes in Marat, Danton, and Robespierre. It was a very bloody and disorganized period while France was groping for both its own freedom and identity. It was also a revelatory time, in that it revealed people's true character. The Gods Will Have Blood is a story set in this tortuous period in France. It hasAn intelligent, subtle, touching, insightful book about the Jacobin Terror.Gentle psychological exploration of why some men do evil and others do good.Wonderful characters, subtle evocation of the times. Very delicate prose style.
Reading this book was like wading through a thick, muddy swamp. Translated from the French, something really got lost in translation. The title is brilliant but it ended up being such a difficult read. Oh, well. At least I got a little bit of exposure to what it was like during the French Revolution.
You inspire terror, and it is terror more than courage that turns people into heroes.
Rating: 3.625* of fiveThe Book Report: The journey through the Terror of the French Revolution made by artist Évariste Gamelin, aspiring bourgeois to Jacobin true believer to his inevitable fall after the Coup de Thermidor. One man's life journey explores the entire *amazing* and enthralling course of the defining break between the Old World Order and the New. My Review: This book was a Book Circle read. Frederick Davies translated this work very ably, in that the prose is supple and muscular.
The French Revolution is a fascinating time ripe for fictionalization. Nobel Prize winner Anatole Frances choice to set The Gods Will Have Blood in the midst of the Reign of Terror, therefore, is a good one. However, the books message is confused, and it only explores the less interesting piece of the subject it presents. Mild spoilers of the book from here on out, though the tragic ending is not only obvious from a historical standpoint but is also signposted in the novel itselt.Like Kafkas In
This work is another exploration of the ease and passion we have for rendering harm unto our fellow beings, this time through the affairs of Évariste Gamelin, an excited promoter of guillotine justice during the French Revolution. Wasnt the French Revolution really disguised anarchy? Take note, those who admire the black flag.
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