- Fiction, Farm life, Rural families, Classic Literature
A series of short stories connected by a moral, hardworking, compassionate family that moves into a rural California valley and, while meaning well, pretty much destroys the lives of the characters in each story. Fascinating read that pits eccentric, creative diversity against the American ”moral" ideal.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- First published
- 1932
- Pages
- 232
- Publisher
- Philip Allan, Penguin books, inc., Ernst Benn Limited
- Editions
- 58
- Language
- Italian, tur, per, German
- ISBN
- 9788413600871
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John Steinbeck was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *The Grapes of Wrath* (1939) and the novella *Of Mice and Men* (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature ([Source][1]). [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
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