Bel-Ami

Translated by Can Belge, with a foreword by Douglas Parmée, an afterword by Robert Lethbridge, and a chronology of the author and period. Bel-Ami is Maupassant's most important novel. While the work strikingly depicts the political life and power relations of 19th century France, it also describes today's world with its extremely realistic photography. Bel-Ami is the most successful and famous novel of Maupassant, who left his mark on world literature with his stories. Maupassant, a student of Flaubert and a contemporary and friend of Zola, is considered among the most prominent writers of the naturalist movement in literature. In this novel, published in 1885, Maupassant tells the rise story of Duroy, who left his hometown Canteleu and came to Paris with the ambition of becoming rich, in a wide historical scene that sometimes extends to the countryside and the Maghreb, which bears obvious similarities with the author's own life. The constants of urban life that Maupassant "tells by hiding" or "reveals by not saying"; A work that develops in the triangle of money, sexuality and power, that describes the political-press relations in France of the period, while also detecting the current situation, striking with its reality...

"Maupassant was loved for his ability to make people laugh; he had a deep satire that was felt even through his tears."
-Émile Zola-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 382

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish