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Jibran
Jan 17, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nobel
Told almost entirely in dialogue-driven colloquial, it is a haunting portrayal of the labouring class of Salinas Valley (California). Through the story of two friends who travel to another town to find petty work, Steinbeck in his easy brilliance has painted a grim picture of their lives. They are hard men for hard work, sweating in the fields to bring out the best crops to life; but they have a self-destructive streak; their hubris and wastefulness destroys what they seek. The story focuses on ...more
Ahsalah
Dec 28, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
لولا النهاية ما كنت اعطيتها سوي نجمتين
الخلاص من عبء القوة الغاشمة التي لا تملك عقلا
و التي لا يمكن السيطرة عليها هو ما جعل للقصة منطقا
بعد ما بدت طوال احداثها ذات سياق عاطفي سينتمنتال
قد تكون قاسيا في نظر البعض و لكن منطق الاشياء و الواقع و المصلحة البعيدة
كله يحتم وضع حدا للضرر الحادث على الابرياء و على القوي منزوع العقل
هذا الحل القاسي للوضع المزري كتب لهذه القصة خلودا
اما بالنسبة لسياقها التاريخي المتعلق بالفترة التي تلت الركود الكبير في الولايات المتحدة
فهذا اضعف واقل جوانب القصة، فلا تهتم به كث
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