{"product_id":"germinal-by-emile-zola-9780140447422","title":"Germinal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew translation by Roger Pearson of the novel considered to be Zola's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered by Andre Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, \u003cem\u003eGerminal\u003c\/em\u003e is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire. At the centre of the novel is Etienne Lantier, a handsome 21-year-old mechanic, intelligent but with little education and a dangerous predisposition to murderous, alcoholic rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerminal\u003c\/em\u003e tells the parallel story of Etienne's refusal to accept what he appears destined to become, and of the miners' difficult decision to strike in order to fight for a better standard of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494864867564,"sku":"9780140447422","price":19.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27361993482237.jpg?v=1748463913","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/germinal-by-emile-zola-9780140447422","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}