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The Winter of Our Discontent

John Steinbeck

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 31, 2021

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Nov 04, 2016 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: literary-fiction, american-classics

The brilliance of John Steinbeck intimidates me. I spend a great deal of my time while reading his books nodding my head in agreement and gasping in awe at how he tackles the profound and the everyday with the same amount of elan.

First off, I enjoyed this story. I cared about Ethan Allen Hawley, and not just his person but his soul. I wanted him to emerge unscathed even though I knew he could not, because no one can compromise his own morality and remain unsoiled. I cried for what I knew was his ...more

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Jun 08, 2017 Francesca rated it liked it · review of another edition

Interesting book but I don't think I completely understood it. Shame but that's me with classics. 😔😔😔 ...more

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Jun 28, 2019 Sarah rated it it was amazing

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I just finished this. Took the dog for a walk to think it over, and I"m still reeling. My general understanding about this book was that Steinbeck was given the Nobel prize for it, as many of these prizes are given, more as a lifetime achievement award than as an award for this book in particular. I've loved everything by him that I've read -- well no, I haven't, didn't he write the one about the dead pony? That was awful. Except for that one, they have all been wonderful (if not exactly happy). ...more

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