{"product_id":"germinal","title":"Germinal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when the people who dig the coal can no longer afford to feed their children?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a black, windy March night, Étienne Lantier walks into the mining district of Montsou, looking for work. He finds a place at the Voreux pit and a room with the Maheus. In their crowded home, wages, debt and hunger shape each day. Beneath the ground, he learns what those wages demand of the miners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the company changes how it pays for timbering, the miners strike. Étienne becomes a voice for their anger and hope, while La Maheude struggles to keep her household fed. In Germinal, Émile Zola follows a community under growing strain, where standing together means risking what little remains—and patience and revolt pull people in different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInto the pit\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the miners into the cage before dawn and descend into the working dark.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA household under pressure\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the Maheus, whose crowded rooms bring the struggle over wages close to home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnger finds a voice\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Étienne turn his restless anger toward the miners' shared hunger for change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe cost of solidarity\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel how dwindling food and mounting debt test the resolve of a striking community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJustice without easy answers\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the unequal bargain between those who labour underground and those who own the mines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for patient readers who love big social novels, stories about work and money, and fiction that makes history feel close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and walk with Étienne toward the distant glow of Montsou.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534620524892,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03016_en_ebook-front_c04.jpg?v=1792174968","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/germinal-de","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}