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010			_a 2001056103
020			_a 0141185066 (pbk.)
020			_a 9780141185064 (pbk.)
040			_a DLC _c DLC
043			_a n-us-ca _a n-us-ok
050		0	_a PS3537.T3234 _b G8 2002
082	0		_a 813/.52 _2 21
092		0	_a FIC
100	1		_a Steinbeck, John, _d 1902-1968.
245	0	0	_a The grapes of wrath _c John Steinbeck.
260			_a New York : _b Penguin Books, _c 2002.
300			_a 476 p. ; _c 22 cm.
500			_a "John Steinbeck centennial edition (1902-2002)."
520			_aJohn Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision. Adapted into a celebrated film directed by John Ford, and starring Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath is an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit.
650	1	0	_a Migrant agricultural laborers _v Fiction.
650	1	0	_a Rural families _v Fiction.
650	1	0	_a Depressions _v Fiction.
650	1	0	_a Labor camps _v Fiction.
651		0	_a California _v Fiction.
651		0	_a Oklahoma _v Fiction.
655		0	_a Historical fiction. _2 gsafd
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