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    <body><![CDATA[An early Steinbeck novel, To a God Unknown contains a lot of the themes that Steinbeck explores more in depth in later novels. Joseph Wayne moves to California to find his own land, and eventually his three brothers follow with their families. As they develop their large family farm, Joseph becomes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47590802">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading the first time I read this book, I was blown away. It passed Winter of our Discontent as my favorite Steinback novel, a more concise, cogent attempt to handle the themes that would emerge <em>in toto</em> in East of Eden. Then I read it again recently, and my enthusiasm was somewhat temper...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40319617">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Винаги съм усещала Стайнбек по специален начин. Да кажа, че харесвам книгите му ми се струва слабо и безхарактерно, защото за тях трябва много характер. Нужно е да им...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37016473">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel made me really wish that John and I could jam sometime about spirituality.  A great read for people who believe that nature indicates the existence of or simply is a higher power.  And of course, being a Steinbeck novel (though one of his first!), To a God Unknown is ridiculously well-wri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44405562">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the five books I would have on a deserted island. The lead character, Joseph Wayne tastes of the deep mystery of life (and death) and tragically thinks he can master it. Think &quot;hubris&quot;. Always reminds me that life is very much out of my control and that I can never know what the God...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76216818">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To a God Unknown is a book full of powerful images. Reading about the mossy stone in its lonely pine grove still makes me shudder, and I am not a superstitious or particularly spiritual person. To the protagonist Joseph, the land is god and god is everything, and it exacts great and terrible payment...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37150967">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wheen one thinks of Steinbeck, I think the big three are Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. This book should be grouped amongst his best. I would have followed Joseph Wayne as the deity of the day. This book is perfect]]></body>
    
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