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Germinal

Germinal( )
Author: Zola, Émile
ISBN:978-1-4954-9087-3
Publication Date:Feb 2014
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.99
Book Description:

Una joya de la literatura, "Germinal" no s#65533;lo es una de las mejores novelas del prol#65533;fico escritor #65533;mile Zola (Par#65533;s, 1840, Par#65533;s, 1902), sino adem#65533;s una de las mejores novelas de la literatura francesa.#65533;mile Zola narra con una precisi#65533;n de cirujano la vida y la miseria de los trabajadores de una mina francesa. Se percibe en cada p#65533;gina el sabor amargo de la explotaci#65533;n del hombre por el hombre y la embriaguez del poder....
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Book Details
Pages:548
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.37 Inches
Book Weight:2 Pounds
Author Biography
Zola, Émile (Author)
Zola was the spokesperson for the naturalist novel in France and the leader of a school that championed the infusion of literature with new scientific theories of human development drawn from Charles Darwin (see Vol. 5) and various social philosophers.

The theoretical claims for such an approach, which are considered simplistic today, were outlined by Zola in his Le Roman Experimental (The Experimental Novel, 1880). He was the author of the series of 20 novels called The Rougon-Macquart, in which he attempted to trace scientifically the effects of heredity through five generations of the Rougon and Macquart families. Three of the outstanding volumes are L'Assommoir (1877), a study of alcoholism and the working class; Nana (1880), a story of a prostitute who is a femme fatale; and Germinal (1885), a study of a strike at a coal mine. All gave scope to Zola's gift for portraying crowds in turmoil.

Today Zola's novels have been appreciated by critics for their epic scope and their visionary and mythical qualities. He continues to be immensely popular with French readers. His newspaper article "J'Accuse," written in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, launched Zola into the public limelight and made him the political conscience of his country.

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