Čovjek zvijer

Čovjek zvijer

Émile Zola
Zola

Roman istražuje destruktivne sile nasljeđa, strasti i nasilja u modernom industrijskom društvu. Radnja se odvija uglavnom na željeznici, simbolu brzine, sudbine i neizbježne propasti. “Čovjek zvijer” je prvi opis zločina u industrijskom svijetu.

Glavni lik, Jacques Lantier, strojovođa željeznice, nosi nasljednu sklonost nasilju. Muči ga neobuzdana potreba da ubije žene koje ga seksualno privlače. Iako se očajnički trudi kontrolirati svoje nagone, njegova borba sa samim sobom sve više ga razdire.

U središtu zapleta nalazi se i brutalni zločin: Roubaud, visoki željeznički službenik, zajedno sa svojom suprugom Séverine, ubija bogatog i pokvarenog predsjednika Grandmorina, njihovog dobročinitelja, nakon što otkrije Séverininu vezu s njim. Jacques, slučajni svjedok, upetljava se u njihove živote, razvijajući vezu sa Séverine koja ga vodi prema katastrofi.

Pokušaji ljubavi i iskupljenja završavaju tragično – Séverine nagovara Jacquesa da ubije njezinog muža, no u trenutku slabosti Jacques ubija upravo Séverine, preplavljen svojim unutarnjim demonima. Roman kulminira scenom vlakova koji, bez kontrole, jure u smrt, noseći vojnike u rat – snažna slika ljudske nemoći pred instinktima i destruktivnim silama.

Zola u "Čovjeku zvijeri" istražuje teme nasljednog zla, seksualne opsesije i mehanizama društvene propasti, koristeći naturalistički stil da prikaže tamnu stranu ljudske prirode.

Original title
La Bête humaine
Translation
Ivan Čaberica
Graphics design
Boris Dogan
Dimensions
20.5 x 15 cm
Pages
326
Publisher
Naprijed, Zagreb, 1968.
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

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