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The Grapes of Wrath
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April 1, 2012
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April 30, 2012
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Henry Avila
Dec 26, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
During the bleakness of the dry, dust bowl days as the suffocating particles fall everywhere ...you can't breathe... in your nose, eyes, clothes, food, house, the darkness at noon unable to see the Sun during a dust storm, the top soil flying away carried by the winds never to return in the Depression, when people ... farmers lost their homes and land to the banks incapable to repay their loans , (no crops no money) symbolized by the Joad family of Oklahoma in the 1930's . Seeing black and white ...more
Karine
Sep 12, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
'Ik kan geen dankgebed meer zeggen zoals vroeger. Ik ben blij om de heiligheid van 't ontbijten. Ik ben blij dat hier liefde is. Dat is alles.' (p 105)

' Ook niet dopen. Ik ga in het veld werken, op het groene veld, ik wil onder de mensen zijn. Ik wil proberen ze iets te leren. Ik wil proberen zelf iets te leren. Ik wil leren waarom de mensen in het gras wandelen, ik wil ze horen praten, ik wil ze horen zingen. Ik wil luisteren naar kinderen die hun pap eten. Ik wil luisteren naar man en vrouw al
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Sara
Mar 28, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
4.5 stars
Maggie Heim
Jul 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
While I give this book the 5 star rating because it was indeed amazing, I understand now why others have called it "so depressing". My two positive takeaways were 1) don't prejudge and malign the Okies, which was still happening when I moved to California in 1975, and 2)good people helping each other is our salvation. Unfortunately the second takeaway gets trampled by self interest, particularly when survival is at stake. But some people will rise to the occasion nonetheless.
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Amy
Jun 27, 2012 rated it liked it
I know this is a classic and I have thoroughly enjoyed Steinbeck's writing style, however it was difficult for me to focus on the story and actually finish. ...more
Charlotte Fiehn
Jun 20, 2012 rated it really liked it
I am generally a fan of Steinbeck and I started reading this with the sense that East of Eden was one of the best American novels out there; Steinbeck, consequently, one of the best American novelists. I was somewhat disappointed, though, that this was the book to win the Pulitzer and not East of Eden, which I think is the superior novel for a variety of reasons.
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