Émile Zola · 1885 · Literary fiction
A young man drifts into a mining community in northern France and finds himself drawn into the underground world of the miners — their poverty, solidarity, and simmering fury. When the strike comes, it is brutal, tragic, and inevitable. Zola's most read novel is a work of epic scope and compassionate rage about the lives of people who have no power.
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