{"product_id":"germinal-emile-zola-9781604597448","title":"Germinal","description":"The novel's central character is  tienne Lantier, previously seen in L'Assommoir (1877), a young migrant worker who arrives at the forbidding coalmining town of Montsou in the bleak far north of France to earn a living as a miner. Sacked from his previous job on the railways for assaulting a superior - he befriends the veteran miner Maheu, who finds him somewhere to stay and gets him a job pushing the carts down the pit.  tienne is portrayed as a hard-working idealist but also a na ve youth; Zola's genetic theories come into play as  tienne is presumed to have inherited his Macquart ancestors' traits of hotheaded impulsiveness and an addictive personality capable of exploding into rage under the influence of drink or strong passions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emile Zola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604597445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604597448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SMK Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Emile Zola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984538337535,"sku":"9781604597448","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7579da59-1ded-4f2a-899d-eed3c6af311f.jpg?v=1683272884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/germinal-emile-zola-9781604597448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}