Status Updates From Balzac. Le roman de sa vie

Opis etapów procesu twórczego Balzaca - dzieło! Coś niezwykłego.
Kocham, kocham, kocham.

Przez perypetie miłosne Balzaca chyba nie będę w stanie przejść. Spróbuję.

Pierwsza część za mną.
Balzac chyba nie do końca miał równo w głowie, ale nie jestem lekarzem, aby to stwierdzić.

Nasuwa się taki wniosek jak do tej pory: Balzac to jeden z największych pracoholików wśród artystów.

This biography is so easy to read in French, thank you Stefan Zweig!

Balzac is starting (1829) to become "the-talk-of-the-town"! (30 yr)

Balzac is still struggling. First attempt « Cromwell » was a dud. He has 1 more year or $$ credit from his parents and he is going for it!

2 year $$ credit from parents, if you are not a celebrated writer by then you must go to school to become lawyer/notary!
Never underestimate Balzac's mother! She intentionally rents the WORST apartment she can find for him. She wants to « amener à réspiscence"   bring him to his senses! Balzac describes his "trou" (dump) in « La Peau de Chagrin » Very engaging biography, Zweig is an excellent  NF writer!  (pg 34-43)

Balzac announces to his parents he wants to become a writer.
His mother is appalled, his. father seeks to find a compromise..
Agreed: try to achieve your goal...and family will give him a small
$$ compensation to get started. Mother is ....still appalled!

Stefan Zweig does not only tell the facts but explains which characters are based on Balzac's childhood/teenage years. Like "Louis, Lambert" Balzac was a genius who was misunderstood at school!