John Steinbeck

Ancient pagan beliefs, the great Greek epics, and the Bible all inform this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, which occupied him for more than five difficult years. While fulfilling his dead father’s dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a …

Vredens Druer er en roman skrevet af den amerikanske forfatter John Steinbeck og udgivet i 1939. Romanen har siden udgivelsen vundet Steinbeck flere litterære priser, heriblandt Pulitzerprisen i litteratur, og anses bredt for at være Steinbecks hovedværk, samt et af de største værker i det 20. århundredes litteratur. …

John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout the time he was creating his greatest work, Steinbeck faithfully kept a journal revealing his arduous journey toward its completion. The journal, like the novel it chronicles, tells a tale of …