... catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immense vitality and diversity. There is ... is less effective-in fact mars the text-than when the ideas issue from the action and the dialogue in a natural way. Most often, though, the social message blends into the narrative structure. Of course, reading the novel nearly thirty years after these historical events and after so many ... it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensi...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immense vitality and diversity. There is ... is less effective-in fact mars the text-than when the ideas issue from the action and the dialogue in a natural way. Most often, though, the social message blends into the narrative structure. Of course, reading the novel nearly thirty years after these historical events and after so many ... it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensi...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate