Why does /lit/ not talk about him?

[Anonymous No.21478989]

> tradcath
> portrays all the nuances of modern society without bias
> even minor characters are fully fleshed out and multifaceted
> not cucked by neoliberalism

Take the Balzacpill anons.

[Anonymous No.21479000]

>>21478989
I heard he lived off from wealthy old women and his life was a never ending feast.

[Anonymous No.21479008]

>>21478989
legit looks like a pajeet lmao

[Anonymous No.21479079]

>>21478989
Planning on reading The Wild Ass's Skin this semester in my free time, if I like it then I also want to read Eugenie Grandet. I like that his books appear relatively short.

[Anonymous No.21479095]

>ballsack

[Anonymous No.21479103]

>>21479095
pee chud

[Anonymous No.21479160]

>>21479095
ahem, it's gonorrhea de ballsack sir

[Anonymous No.21479164]

I'm still beginning on my French, how's Balzac in english? Thinking about getting a translation of Pére Goriot and checking the original whenever I stumble upon passages I like.

[Anonymous No.21479191]

>>21478989
He was a huge influence on Dostoevsky. His first ever literary work was a translation into Russian of Pére Goriot.

[Anonymous No.21479252]

>>21478989
Cousin Bette is a great novel, short stories I've read haven't been all that

[Anonymous No.21479478]

Calling anyone from the past a tradcath is incredibly obnoxious

[Anonymous No.21479519]

>>21479079
Either of those is a good entry. They don't involve Rastignac heavily so work better as stand alone installments.
If you like them, Pere Goirot is the next step. It's Rastignac's origin story, so when he pops up in the other stories you know what's going on.
I don't know if there's a proper worked out chronological order for them