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As the writer intended, this book wrenched my every nerve. The plight of the Joad family was not entirely different to that of my own family who left an impoverished rural Saskatchewan life to seek the never-to-be-found riches of the west coast. The Joads had it a lot tougher though.
The story is set during the depression, during a time known as the 'dust bowl' when it became near impossible to grow a crop in the central United States. A mass migration west ensued and California was the place of ...more
The story is set during the depression, during a time known as the 'dust bowl' when it became near impossible to grow a crop in the central United States. A mass migration west ensued and California was the place of ...more
This book is fucking epic and everyone should read it.
It's very easy. One chapter Joad Family saga. One chapter social commentary. So it continues pretty much throughout the book as I, the reader, got more involved in the bullshit that they and the whole of America's poor had to go through.
Then we get to the end which is incredibly incredible.
John Steinbeck knew how to write. He also knew how to drink.
Both of these things are to be admired.
Read this book. ...more
It's very easy. One chapter Joad Family saga. One chapter social commentary. So it continues pretty much throughout the book as I, the reader, got more involved in the bullshit that they and the whole of America's poor had to go through.
Then we get to the end which is incredibly incredible.
John Steinbeck knew how to write. He also knew how to drink.
Both of these things are to be admired.
Read this book. ...more
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