La lenteur vs La père Goriot: Which Should You Read?
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La lenteur
“We suddenly had the urge to spend the evening and night in a chateau.”
After the gravity of The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Immortality, Slowness comes as a surprise: it is certainly Kundera's lightest novel, a divertimento, an opera buffa, with, as the author himself says, "not a…
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La père Goriot
SCOTT (copy 1): The Hédi Bouraoui Collection in Maghrebian and Franco-Ontario Literatures is the gift of University Professor Emeritus Hédi Bouraoui.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- La lenteur is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for La père Goriot.
- La père Goriot has the widest readership — 12 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| La lenteur | La père Goriot | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (7) | — |
Reception
| La lenteur | La père Goriot | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 12 |
| Editions | 29 | 439 |
| Pages | 156 | 285 |