Germinal

Despite the grimness of his subject and the accuracy of his description, Zola tells an irresistible tale of life above and below ground among the mining families of Montsou. By turns heroic, comic, touching and bestial, the novel never flinches from savage reality while managing to paint a moving picture of humanity at its limit and beyond.

Author: Emile Zola

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Released Date: 1991

ISBN: 1857150244