John Steinbeck (1902–1968) was an American author known for novels about social injustice and the working class, including The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.

Born February 27, 1902; died December 20, 1968. Major works include The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Of Mice and Men (1937), East of Eden (1952), Cannery Row (1945) and Travels With Charley (1962). Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 for his realistic and imaginative writing, combining sympathetic humor and keen social perception.

DeBaser reviews praise Steinbeck's spare, direct prose and forceful social critique. Common themes: poverty, migration, workers' plight, friendship and the costs of power. Reviews highlight The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and The Moon Is Down. The overall reception here is strongly positive.

For:Readers of 20th-century American literature, fans of social realism and novels about the Great Depression.

 “And the children suffering from pellagra must die because no profit can be made from an orange. [..] The hungry arrive with nets to fish out the potatoes thrown into the river, but the guards push them back; they arrive with rattling old trucks to collect the oranges meant for disposal, but find them soaked in kerosene. So they remain motionless watching the potatoes carried away by the current, listening to the screams of pigs slaughtered in ditches and covered with quicklime, watching the mountains of oranges melting into a putrid mush; and in their eyes, fury grows. In the souls of the hungry, the seeds of fury have become grapes, with the grapes now ready for harvest.”

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 It's pouring rain outside. A bare breast, a youthful nipple offers maternal milk to the mouth of an unknown person close to death from the hardships endured.

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 He did everything to seem stupid: perhaps he thought that this way no one would bother him anymore with fetching the stick, giving a paw, catching tennis balls in the air, and other nonsense.

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 Enlighten yourselves...

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