The Grapes of Wrath

75th Anniversary Edition

hardcover, 496 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2014 by Viking, Viking Books.

ISBN:
978-0-670-01690-7
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4 stars (89 reviews)

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Review of 'The Grapes of Wrath' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Read this originally in high school, like many other Americans, I'm sure. I didn't recall much about the book 40 years later, so I decided to read it again.

This is an amazing slice of life story from the Great Depression. It follows the Joad family from their farm in Oklahoma, where they lost the land due to the Dust Bowl and corporate farming, to California, where they struggled to find work, empathy, food, or any sense of stability or worth. The story is simple in its premise and stunning in its execution.

As a country, we failed our people in the lead up to the Great Depression, allowing for the 1% (as we say now) to move all the money to them and ignore the plight of the rest of the country. As a country, we are doing the same now. The rich pile more money into their coffers, …

Review of 'The Grapes of Wrath' on Goodreads

4 stars

Depressing, strong reminders of The Jungle in tearing at the American causes of poverty and desperation to retain one's humanity. Unabashedly pro-collectivism in the face of banks and capitalist landowners, and a darkly felt portrayal of "economic migration" and oppression whether you stay or go, perpetually relevant.

Review of 'The Grapes of Wrath' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Steinbeck makes you really feel that you are on the battlefield. Some of his descriptions were repetitive, but I almost think that was on purpose... as the soldiers likely felt that way. The infantrymen very much felt they were small cogs in a large machine that just needed to keep moving without knowing where the machine was going. Some of the dialog was a little hard to follow, with the accents and slang.

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