More than half a century later, the book seems to be a well-written piece of propaganda. Yet, I’ve come away from the experience disappointed, even chagrined. More than half a century later, I’ve re-read the book and found Steinbeck’s writing, in many places, powerful and even beautiful. The book, published in 1939, was called a Great American Novel. This gut-grabbing story-telling took our breath away. In 1962, John Steinbeck was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the committee that chose him described his novel The Grapes of Wrath as “a great work” and cited it as one of the main reasons for the honor.Ī few years later, everyone in an American high school seemed to be reading the book, as I was, and most, like me, were deeply moved by the harsh and tragic lives that the Joad family and other Okies in California were forced to endure.
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