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The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
4 stars
I have to say that this book was more interesting to me for its place in history than for the actual story. That’s probably because I already knew the outlines of the story from the excellent movie and a barely remembered reading of a bad abridgement more than 40 years ago. I also struggled with reading the dialect of the characters. A great deal of the book was repetitious. I understand that this was intended as it reflected the life of the characters, bu ...more
4 stars
I have to say that this book was more interesting to me for its place in history than for the actual story. That’s probably because I already knew the outlines of the story from the excellent movie and a barely remembered reading of a bad abridgement more than 40 years ago. I also struggled with reading the dialect of the characters. A great deal of the book was repetitious. I understand that this was intended as it reflected the life of the characters, bu ...more
On the 22nd of March 2017 I finished reading for the first time my first Steinbeck novel. On the 18th of April 2017 I finished my fifth (The Grapes of Wrath) Steinbeck novel. Each book I have loved a little more than the last, and with each one I read I love Steinbeck a little more. Truly, I am a bit obsessed. He writes with such simplicity, and develops the characters with so much heart that I love each of them. They linger in my thoughts. I cry when they experience the tragedies of life -- and
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I read this book in high school and absolutely hated it with a passion. Which is strange, because I also read Of Mice and Men and East of Eden in high school, and they were two of my favorite books. I might give this another attempt some day to see if my maturity level improves my experience of it. What I remember in high school was that I thought it was overly wordy, boring, and pedantic. There was an entire chapter about a turtle! Why?!
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This is the heartbreaking tale of one family forced to travel west when they lose their tenant farm due to the dustbowl. Though their journey is frought with sadness, death, hunger, and unkindness, they manage to stick together and remain strong. It is a tale of not giving up when the world has set itself against you. Written with Steinbeck's masterful hand, the story comes alive with fully developed characters and rich descriptions of the land and the events that unfold around them. I really en
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This is a piece of great story telling. It is also a blatant piece of communist propaganda which I found greatly disappointing.
This was a somewhat strange book. The ending was especially weird.
Epic. Incredible.
First read 1983.
First read 1983.
Mar 30, 2016
Narayanan
marked it as to-read
