The Grapes of Wrath × Aucun prix Meilleur prix près de chez moi John steinbeck 0 avis clients Donnez votre avis When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, America, still recovering from the Great Depression, came face to face with itself in a startling, lyrical way. John Steinbeck gathered the country's recent shames and devastations--the Hoovervilles, the desperate, dirty children, the dissolution of kin, the oppressive labor conditions--in the Joad family. Then he set them down on a westward-running road, local dialect and all, for the world to acknowledge. For this marvel of observation and perception, he won the Pulitzer in 1940. The prize must have come, at least in part, because alongside the poverty and dispossession, Steinbeck chronicled the Joads' refusal, even inability, to let go of their faltering but unmistakable hold on human dignity. Witnessing their degeneration from Oklahoma farmers to a diminished band of migrant workers is nothing short of crushing. The Joads lose family members to death and cowardice as they go, and are challenged by everything from weather to the authorities to the California locals themselves. As Tom Joad puts it: "They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency." The point, though, is that decency remains intact, if somewhat battle-scarred, and this, as much as the depression and the plight of the "Okies, " is a part of American history. When the California of their dreams proves to be less than edenic, Ma tells Tom: "You got to have patience. Why, Tom--us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people--we go on." It's almost as if she's talking about the very novel she inhabits, for Steinbeck's characters, more than most literary creations, do go on. They continue, now as much as ever, to illuminate and humanize an era for generations of readers who, thankfully, have no experiential point of reference for understanding the depression. The book's final, haunting image of Rose of Sharon--Rosasharn, as they call her--the eldest Joad daughter, forcing the milk intended for her stillborn baby onto a starving stranger, is a lesson on the grandest scale. "'You got to, '" she says, simply. And so do we all. --Melanie Rehak Ce produit The Grapes of Wrath autour de chez moi Loading Fiche Produit The Grapes of Wrath Description When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, America, still recovering from the Great Depression, came face to face with itself in a startling, lyrical way. John Steinbeck gathered the country's recent shames and devastations--the Hoovervilles, the desperate, dirty children, the dissolution of kin, the oppressive labor conditions--in the Joad family. Then he set them down on a westward-running road, local dialect and all, for the world to acknowledge. For this marvel of observation and perception, he won the Pulitzer in 1940. The prize must have come, at least in part, because alongside the poverty and dispossession, Steinbeck chronicled the Joads' refusal, even inability, to let go of their faltering but unmistakable hold on human dignity. Witnessing their degeneration from Oklahoma farmers to a diminished band of migrant workers is nothing short of crushing. The Joads lose family members to death and cowardice as they go, and are challenged by everything from weather to the authorities to the California locals themselves. As Tom Joad puts it: "They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency." The point, though, is that decency remains intact, if somewhat battle-scarred, and this, as much as the depression and the plight of the "Okies, " is a part of American history. When the California of their dreams proves to be less than edenic, Ma tells Tom: "You got to have patience. Why, Tom--us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people--we go on." It's almost as if she's talking about the very novel she inhabits, for Steinbeck's characters, more than most literary creations, do go on. They continue, now as much as ever, to illuminate and humanize an era for generations of readers who, thankfully, have no experiential point of reference for understanding the depression. The book's final, haunting image of Rose of Sharon--Rosasharn, as they call her--the eldest Joad daughter, forcing the milk intended for her stillborn baby onto a starving stranger, is a lesson on the grandest scale. "'You got to, '" she says, simply. And so do we all. --Melanie Rehak Nombre de pages 528 ISBN 0141185066 Editeur Penguin Classics Date de publication 2000-09-07 Format Broché Auteur John Steinbeck extra1 |John Steinbeck|English Books under 10? extra2 vendu par Fnac.com extra3 English Books under 10? programId 3828 terms A partir de 0 avis clients sur The Grapes of Wrath Donnez votre avis Tous les produits du rayon Rock indé CDClassiqueCoffrets et CollectorsCompilationDivers musiqueDvd MusicauxElectro TechnoEnfantHard RockInstrument de musiqueJazz BluesMicro et tapisMusique de FilmsNouveautés MusiquePop RockLa pop anglaiseLégendes du rockPop Rock FrançaisRock indéReggae WorldSoul Rap R N BT-shirtVariété FrançaiseVariété InternationaleVinyle Ces produits pourraient vous intéresser N/C Live at the hardback Voir le détail N/C Birdland with lester Voir le détail N/C Of the blue colour of the sky Voir le détail N/C Music to download pornography by Voir le détail N/C Don't believe the truth Voir le détail N/C Passion boots & bruises Voir le détail N/C Slipknot - reedition 10ème anniversaire Voir le détail N/C Free dirt (bonus cd) Voir le détail N/C Hard times and nursery rhymes Voir le détail N/C Jonas reinhardt Voir le détail N/C Ruth is stranger than richard Voir le détail N/C Bandera highway Voir le détail N/C Further from the truth Voir le détail N/C Back from the grave 1 [vinyl album] Voir le détail N/C Soft & the hardcore Voir le détail N/C Hard times and nursery rhymes Voir le détail N/C Savaging spires Voir le détail N/C Music for contemporary dance Voir le détail N/C Other truths Voir le détail N/C Pablo honey Voir le détail N/C Gel nettoyant pour main Voir le détail N/C Live at the hardback Voir le détail N/C Birdland with lester Voir le détail N/C Of the blue colour of the sky Voir le détail N/C Music to download pornography by Voir le détail N/C Don't believe the truth Voir le détail N/C Passion boots & bruises Voir le détail N/C Slipknot - reedition 10ème anniversaire Voir le détail N/C Free dirt (bonus cd) Voir le détail N/C Hard times and nursery rhymes Voir le détail N/C Jonas reinhardt Voir le détail N/C Ruth is stranger than richard Voir le détail N/C Bandera highway Voir le détail N/C Further from the truth Voir le détail N/C Back from the grave 1 [vinyl album] Voir le détail N/C Soft & the hardcore Voir le détail N/C Hard times and nursery rhymes Voir le détail N/C Savaging spires Voir le détail N/C Music for contemporary dance Voir le détail N/C Other truths Voir le détail N/C Pablo honey Voir le détail N/C Gel nettoyant pour main Voir le détail