Germinal
 

Germinal

by Emile Zola

The thirteenth novel in Émile 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.
Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work,... (read more)

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Richard H
  • Rated 4 stars

Grim and epic, I love it.

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mehdi o
  • Rated 2 stars

Such a naturalistic story of a generation,that only can originate from a genius mind.I love it and never forget the pictures created in it.

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  • Rated 4.049296 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Mike B)

    mike b) said:

    A great book based on the class struggle, Zola also investigates the tactical differences between socialist oriented, working class union organising and the more circumspect anarchist tactic, 'the propaganda of the deed".

    posted Tuesday, June 17 2008
  •  Zero

    zero said:

    "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana

    posted Sunday, June 1 2008
  • Kay C

    kay c said:

    Amen to that. All of that series of books by Zola said the same thing was true in every line of work from farmer to prostitute. I made it a goal to read them all and have never been sorry. The movie Germinal was pretty good but not as good as the book. The Earth was the first one I read. I was hooked. If we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. I don't know who said that first but it is still true.

    posted Sunday, June 1 2008
  • Parastoo

    parastoo said:

    It's the book that says how ppl can die for some f*** cions. May be something changed in this century and some countries have freedom and also some social rights but we see that wokers still have problems and in some others countries even doesn't have the basics rights. It makes me sorry.

    posted Friday, May 30 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
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