Father Goriot

Goriot Baba Book Description If we wanted to highlight one of the most important writers of France, this name would undoubtedly be Balzac. His contribution to the realistic style, the characters he created, and his flawless ability to describe remind us that we should think about Balzac once again. At the same time, the subjects he chose for his novels are; Money-human, woman-man, parent-child, power-power relations continue to illuminate today's world. One of these is his novel, Goriot Baba, which he finished in September 1834, in which he treats human contradictions like an embroidery. Godfather Goriot, which has the title of being the first novel of the Human Comedy, is one of the most important works of the realism movement. While Father Goriot portrays the contradictions of the bourgeois society in France through the strong characters he draws, it also depicts a manufacturer who devotes his life to his daughters, whose life begins with him settling in a hostel in the last moments of his life. conveys the events to the reader. Goriot Baba, the work of Balzac's masterful descriptions, meets its readers again with the translation of Cemal Süreya. “This abali, who was loved by everyone, was Goriot Baba, the old pasta and noodle manufacturer. Let us also point out that if this community had been painted instead of its story being written, it would still be the most crucial part of the painting.” (From the Promotional Bulletin)