Hello, Taka. I live in Pasadena California. I just finshed reading Lost Illusions. It is strange how I found Balzac. I was at the libary looking for my next book to read, when I was stop by the by the tittle of the book. I then noticed 5 other books with the same title translated by different authors. Which made me think this man Balzac must be good, if so many people have translated his work. I am currently reading his biography by Stephan Zweig written in 1942.