Silicon Valley Novel

22. Forum Les Halles

Category – History & Culture

Today, Les Halles is a place where urban families relax, enjoying green spaces with a shopping mall hidden below the park-like atmosphere. For over a century, this district played a very different and important role for Parisians. The French writer Emile Zola devoted one of his books to Les Halles. His iconic description for the area remains in people’s minds to this day.

Question –

• What phrase did Emile Zola use to characterize the Les Halles district?
        Hint – it’s the title of his book.

Assignment – Discover the answer by visiting a famous food writer’s website with the unusual name of “Chocolate and Zucchini”  – 

 

Click here to research the answer.

 

Click here to see pictures of how Les Halles looked when Zola published his novel in 1873. 

 

At this website, you can read a brief history of the Les Halles neighborhood.

 

Click here to read a short biography of Emile Zola. 

 

 

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