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Can we have ONE Balzac thread without people making that tired joke?

>> No.23299722

>>23299715
Probably not frog, but I will spare you the honors of the honoré.

>> No.23299735

>>23299715
It's as corny as the Spengler sex gifs one (which has died down).

>> No.23299746

Any recommendations for contemporary French authors?
I am reading Houellebecq again and I want something that is similarly not too difficult but also important
What about 20th century authors?

>> No.23299750

>>23299715
Favorite Balzac works?

>> No.23299761

>>23299715
No
I will always post lmao ball sack in these threads
Appreciate the bump and use the extra thread activity to discuss him or whatever
Either way lmao ballsack

>> No.23299778

>>23299715
I’m just happy people are talking about him, he seems to be regaining popularity in recent years

>> No.23299780
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>>23299715
I found this at a thrift store, good place to start for ballsac?

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23299782

I wanna slam my Balzac against Debussy

>> No.23299784

Not on a board populated by teen-agers

>> No.23299789
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>>23299715
BALLZAK UEYYYYYHH
HEEE-HOOOO

>> No.23299793

>>23299780
Eh, it's alright. A better place to start is his short story Unknown Masterpiece and novella Colonel Chabert, and then move on to the great novels.

>> No.23299817

>>23299782
>invite girlfriend over
>turn on Première Arabesque while reading La Rabouilleuse
>sexo ensues

>> No.23299828

>>23299715
I'm reading through la comedie humaine however it's structured in my set from start to finish and am really enjoying it. I take breaks in between the stories to read other stuff, but so far I've read
>Cat and the racquet
>Ball at sceaux
>Letters to two brides
>Modeste mignon
>The purse
>A start in life
I've got a long way to go, but I really enjoy the time period he explores, and his style of writing

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>>23299746
Houellebecq namedrops a classic French author any other page in most of his novels, retard. Just pick some of those.

>> No.23299840

>>23299746
>>23299835
Sorry I misread "contemporary" lol

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>>23299835
I just read a Zola short story and have this in the mail
I'm excited to read all the authors he name drops in Soumission except for Péguy
>>23299840
I'm a beginner reader of French so yeah, I'm hoping contemporary authors will be easier to read
Balzac is quite difficult for me

>> No.23299910

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0TnUj_cHyY

>> No.23299914

>>23299735
the what?

>> No.23300417

>>23299846
>except for Péguy
t'as un problème avec son socialisme ou son nationalisme ?

>> No.23300430

HONOR THE BALLSACK
>HONOR THE BALLSACK
HONOR THE BALLSACK
>HONOR THE BALLSACK
HONOR THE BALLSACK
>HONOR THE BALLSACK

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>

>> No.23301143

>>23300417
No it's just that the description of his writing given by the characters in Soumission hardly inspire in me a desire to read his writings
Have you read Bloy?

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>>23300826
it happened again KEK

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>>23301578
lmao

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>>23299793
>colon

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>>23299715
NO. HONOR DA BALLSACK, BITCH

>> No.23302291

>>23299715
Can we have one day without a contrarian thread? The answers are the same.

>> No.23302308

im considering buying the entire la comedie humaine, is it worth reading it all?

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>>23299750
La Grand Breteche
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CVISfiQRTsU
Its a story about a nobleman who bricks up his adulterous wife's lover in her closet & forces her to listen to him starve to death

>> No.23302855

>>23302308
See my post here >>23299828
For my start on it. I'm very happy with the collection and over a long long period of time will end up reading it all. I got mine for a buck on Amazon as an ebook, insane value, it's formatted kind of weird though. A lot of his stories are very feminine and most so far have been romance, but he writes incredibly well and if you have an interest in French history he does a very good job of transporting you to a very interesting time and place. I so far haven't read anything anyone recommends by him, and I'm still very impressed and happy with my reading

>> No.23302899

>>23302308
No. Too uneven.

>> No.23302907

>>23299715
Ballzacc