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The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Description for The Grapes of Wrath
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival ... Read more
'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241980347
SKU
V9780241980347
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Ref
99-22
About John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel ... Read more
Reviews for The Grapes of Wrath
A novelist who is also a true poet
Sunday Times
There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic
Time and Tide
Steinbeck's writings form a photograph album of America
Guardian
Magnificent
New York Times
A warm-hearted celebration of the persistence of the human spirit
Guardian
Sunday Times
There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic
Time and Tide
Steinbeck's writings form a photograph album of America
Guardian
Magnificent
New York Times
A warm-hearted celebration of the persistence of the human spirit
Guardian