Carlos García Simón is an author with a focus on historical and social commentary. His works include "Tomar partido. Crónica epistolar de un distanciamiento. 1878-1887," a historical account, and "La formación histórica de la cacerolada : charivari y rough music," which examines social phenomena.
Emile Zola was a French journalist and novelist known for his series of 20 novels known collectively as Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93). Zola's style was called literary naturalism; his novels were attacked and even banned for their frankness and sordid detail, and caused quite a bit of controversy in their day. The same traits made him a best-selling author and a star of French literature in his day. In 1898 he then further incurred the wrath of French officials when he published the open letter...