Considered by Andre Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in
the French language, Emile Zola's Germinal is a brutal depiction of
the poverty of a mining community in northern France Etienne
Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated
young man with a dangerous temper. Compelled to take a back-breakin
job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers
that his fellow miners are ill, hungry and in debt, unable to feed
and clothe their families. When conditions in the mining community
deteriorate even further, Lantier finds himself leading a strike
that could mean starvation or salvation for all. The thirteenth
novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses
outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows
humanity's capacity for compassion and hope. Translated with an
introduction by Roger Pearson in Penguin Classics If you enjoyed
Germinal, you might like Zola's Therese Raquin, also available in
Penguin Classics.
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