The Grapes of Wrath

Author(s): John Steinbeck

Classics

John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision. Adapted into a celebrated film directed by John Ford, and starring Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath is an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit.If you liked The Grapes of Wrath, you might enjoy East of Eden, also available in Penguin Classics.'A novelist who is also a true poet' Sunday Times


Product Information

Radio National Book Choice May 2013

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.

Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.

General Fields

  • : 9780141185064
  • : Penguin Books
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 0.362
  • : June 2000
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 23mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Steinbeck
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : very good
  • : 476