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The Contradictory Life of Balthazar Kraai, the Scientist Obsessed with Finding the “Absolute” in Balzac’s Novel “The Search for the Absolute”
Perhaps Balzac’s “The Search for the Absolute” is not his most touching work, but it is the most contradictory novel. The most contradictory thing is that in this novel he created Balthazar Kraai, a scientist obsessed with chemistry. This character is both hated and loved, and his life is even more touching. In Balzac’s writings, Balthazar is a rich man from the city of Douai in Flanders. He inherited the huge wealth accumulated by his ancestors, has the aristocratic status of a count, and has a wife who loves and admires him. They are two lovely people. daughter, and loyal servant. Their palatial mansion was beautifully decorated, and the garden…
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The Universal Lessons of Love and Life from Bestseller Novel “The Ferryman”
If life is a lonely river, who will be the ferryman of your soul? For this question, perhaps everyone has been looking for the answer throughout their lives. The novel “The Ferryman” tells us the answer to the mystery with a touching story. The protagonist of the story, Dylan, lived a lonely and depressed life before she was 15 years old. In a train accident, she became the only victim. After her death, she accidentally meets the ferryman Tristan. The two crossed the wasteland together, gradually fell in love, and finally ferry each other back to the world. As soon as this book came out, it won the first place…
