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The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780140186406 |
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Synopses & Reviews
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One of the greatest and most socially significant novels of the twentieth century, Steinbeck's controversial masterpiece indelibly captured America during the Great Depression through the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads.
Intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, tragic but ultimately stirring in its insistence on human dignity, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is not only a landmark American novel, but it is as well an extraordinary moment in the history of our national conscience.
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"Steinbeck's best novel." Time Magazine
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"Steinbeck has written a novel from the depths of his heart with a sincerity seldom equaled." The New York Times Book Review
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"The first book I remember that really grabbed me was a book that Miss McGuffey made us read, a book called Tortilla Flat by Steinbeck. When I read it, I really enjoyed the book. So I went to her and said,'I like this.' She was shocked that I would show any interest in what she was making us do. So she said, okay, read this. The next one was, Of Mice and Men. So she sort of fed the Steinbeck books to me. When I read The Grapes of Wrath — we saved that for last — I knew that was a very powerful book. I don't know if it had anything to do with my writing style, or me as a writer, because I wasn't thinking about it back then. It had a lot to do with the way I viewed humanity and the struggles of little people against big people. It was a very important book for me." John Grisham
About the Author
Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, John Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.
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hunterblueocean, October 2, 2006 (view all comments by hunterblueocean)
John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors and I absolutely love this book! John uses such vivid descriptions you feel as though you right there with the characters. He paints a powerful picture of classic struggle. His writing is so amazing that you feel and breathe each character and you are caught up in their lives and struggles. An amazing book and a brilliant author! The first time I read this book it was for school but the second time I read it was for sheer pleasure and I wasn't one bit disapointed.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780140186406
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Author:
- Introduction:
- Demott, Robert
- Location:
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
- Subject:
- California
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Subject:
- Migrant agricultural laborers
- Subject:
- Labor camps -- California -- Fiction. .
- Subject:
- Labor camps.
- Publication Date:
- October 1992
- Binding:
- Trade Paper
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 619
- Dimensions:
- 7.76x5.10x1.19 in. 1.00 lbs.
