The Downfall — Emile Zola

The Downfall by Zola belongs to the most outstanding masterpieces of the world s literature Zola tells about a terrific land slide that overwhelmed the French Second Empire in this work The story s main character is Jean Macquart a French soldier who loses a lot during a war and comes through the perils of the bloodiest battles just to get into another war It is a critical political work describing the nonsense and cruelty of armed conflicts img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img