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The Belly of Paris / The Fat and the Thin
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The Belly of Paris / The Fat and the Thin

byÉmile Zola(1873)
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An escaped political prisoner finds work among the stallholders of Les Halles, Paris’s vast food market. Surrounded by abundance, gossip, and petty rivalries, he discovers how jealousy and fear can be as dangerous as hunger or police informers.

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