Coal Mine No. 7

By Robert Louis Nathan

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312144997
• ISBN13: 9780312144999
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Confused

The book was fascinating. It begins in the early 1940's in Chicago. Seth is a retarded young Jewish man. He is befriended by Robert Adams,a Black man who accepts him as a person, not a retarded person. The story is Seth's story. The varied and colorful people in his life, his experiences and how those around him are changed by him. He marries Robert's daughter Arley, and they go to live with her relatives in Vergennes, Ill. Seth seeks employment to work at the coal mine, entirely run by coloreds. It is a story of Seth's transformation from being retarded to being called by God (reluctantly) and becoming a leader. The language and some of the situations are are not only exreme, but bizarre. The story seems to encompass so many different levels, but I was disappointed in the ending,....or didn't understand the ending. However, I would definitely recommend it to someone looking for a "good" read. It's touching, it's spiritual and it's shocking!