The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The novel that won John Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prise in 1940 endures as his masterpiece. An extraordinary bestseller and similtaneously a book which caused a storm of controversy, it remains one of the most powerful and persuasive novels of human tragedy and endurance ever written. The narrative follows the destiny of the Joads, a family of refugee farmers from Oklahoma who abandon the dustbowl to head west, for the fields and orchards of California. Travelling in a beat-up truck with all their possessions, they are impelled by hope of work, but the promised land turns out to be a world of labour camps, hungry people and broken dreams, the scene of an elemental conflict between migrant workers and company thugs.

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 17 February 1902. After studying English at Stanford University, he held several jobs including working as a hod-carrier, apprentice painter, laboratory assistant, ranch hand, fruit-picker, construction worker at Madison Square Gardens, New York, and reporter for the New York American. In 1935 he became a full-time writer and was a special writer for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Among his most renowned works are Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. In 1926 Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature as a mark of his outstanding contribution to literature, his unquestionable popularity and his versatility. In his speech accepting the Nobel Prize, Steinbeck gave his view of authorship: 'The ancient omission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our may grevious faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement. Furthermore, the writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love.' John Steinbeck died on 20th December 1968.

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ISBN 13	9780749391553
ISBN 10	0749391553
Titel	The Grapes of Wrath
Autor	John Steinbeck
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	1990-09-06
Seitenanzahl	560
Preise	Winner of Pulitzer Prize Novel Category 1940
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