The Boussardel Family
20 hrs. 12 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Filipp Eria
Author
Filipp Eria
Narrator
Ekaterina Salova
Narrator
Ekaterina Salova
Since the collapse of Napoleon, the Bussardel family has lived in one of the luxurious mansions of Paris. The head of the family, Floran Bussardel, is a selfish man with a cold, calculating mind, a stock-market broker. Having no significant means of his own, he somehow managed to provide his children and grandchildren with a solid financial capital.
A prosperous, respectable family—such is the showy facade of the Bussardels’ life. But there is also what remains hidden from sight.
By describing his heroes’ everyday lives day after day, Philippe Hériat places skeletons in the closet with generous hands—skeletons that are all too often presented to the reader. The Bussardels are not angels—they are living people. Illegitimate children, affairs, unattractive deeds, misunderstandings, and an absolute indifference to one another and to human suffering in general—all of this makes up the family’s true life. Following the twists and turns of the heroes’ fates is extremely fascinating—precisely because, like his predecessor Balzac, Hériat paints a genuine human comedy.
A prosperous, respectable family—such is the showy facade of the Bussardels’ life. But there is also what remains hidden from sight.
By describing his heroes’ everyday lives day after day, Philippe Hériat places skeletons in the closet with generous hands—skeletons that are all too often presented to the reader. The Bussardels are not angels—they are living people. Illegitimate children, affairs, unattractive deeds, misunderstandings, and an absolute indifference to one another and to human suffering in general—all of this makes up the family’s true life. Following the twists and turns of the heroes’ fates is extremely fascinating—precisely because, like his predecessor Balzac, Hériat paints a genuine human comedy.
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