marca reviewed The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
socialism or barbarism
5 stars
little known fact: during the Great Depression hundreds of thousands of Americans have emigrated to the Soviet Union
Hardcover, 619 pages
English language
Published April 1939 by The Viking Press.
The Grapes of Wrath follows the fictional journey of the Joads, a family of sharecroppers from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, forced to migrate west during the Dust Bowl. The Joads join thousands of other migrants on the trek to the Salinas Valley of California, a place they idealize as rich with opportunity.
little known fact: during the Great Depression hundreds of thousands of Americans have emigrated to the Soviet Union