In 19th-century Paris, a wealthy and obese man named Florentin is obsessed with food and eating. He befriends a poor and emaciated man named Louis, who is struggling to survive. Despite their vastly different backgrounds and circumstances, the two men form an unlikely bond over their shared struggles with hunger and desire for human connection.
By Émile Zola · First published 1873 · Genre: Literary Fiction, Social Realism, Naturalism · 6 chapters