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A review by kraelwake
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5.0
Wow. Just finished this novel last night, and it was heavy. Completely different than East of Eden, which is one of my all time favorite novels, but extremely powerful. Piqued my curiosity about the time period it was written about. And I found myself going to sleep a much more thankful person, after reading about such utter poverty. The Grapes of Wrath doesn't make it to my favorites, but I give it 5 stars for impact.
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Oh, how I love Steinbeck. In the first chapter alone, I am reminded of how much I love his style.
"After a while the faces of the watching men lost their bemused perplexity and became hard and angry and resistant. Then the women knew that they were safe and that there was no break. They they asked, What'll we do? And then men replied, I don't know. But it was all right. The women knew it was all right and the watching children knew it was all right. Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole."
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Oh, how I love Steinbeck. In the first chapter alone, I am reminded of how much I love his style.
"After a while the faces of the watching men lost their bemused perplexity and became hard and angry and resistant. Then the women knew that they were safe and that there was no break. They they asked, What'll we do? And then men replied, I don't know. But it was all right. The women knew it was all right and the watching children knew it was all right. Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole."