The novel traces the migration of an Oklahoma Dust Bowl family to California and their subsequent hardships as migrant farm workers. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940. The work did much to publicize the injustices of migrant labor. The narrative, interrupted by prose-poem interludes, chronicles the struggles of the Joad family's life on a failing Oklahoma farm, their difficult journey to California, and their disillusionment once they arrive there and fall prey to a parasitic economic system. The insularity of the Joads--Ma's obsession with family togetherness, son Tom's self-centeredness, and daughter Rose of Sharon's materialism--ultimately gives way to a sense of universal community.
Serie / Reihe: Penguin modern classics
Personen: Steinbeck, John
Steinbeck, John:
¬The grapes of wrath / John Steinbeck. - Repr. 1978. - London [u.a.] : Penguin, 1967. - 502 S. - (Penguin modern classics). - Originally published: New York : Viking, 1939
ISBN 978-0-14-004239-9 Tb.
Literatur - Signatur: E Lit Stein - Buch