![]() ![]() Set against a backdrop of The Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath follows the fortunes of the Joad family, tenant farmers in Oklahoma who migrate West to California in search of a better life. There are clear similarities between The Grapes of Wrath and his earlier, and perhaps most famous, novel, Of Mice and Men, both of which carry a social context and include themes of the American Dream, and a struggle against the odds. Published in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath won the annual National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize certainly it contributed towards John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize in 1962. ![]() However, Of Mice and Men is one of my favourite books, and a great friend of mine, Laura, has always highly recommended East of Eden so I certainly anticipated a good read particularly with its placing at number 29 in the BBC Big Read. My copy of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath had no blurb nor a summary of the plot thus when I began I had little idea of what to expect. ![]()
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