I was on the way to answer Miker's post on "The Grapes of
Wrath" and advising him to read "In Dubious Battle" which is
a harder novel, with a lot of hard-boiled episodes and a
harrowing feeling of despair, that makes it a real noir
novel. And a top one. So I fully agree with Ed's
recommendation. On the other side, Grapes is probably an
attempt to reach a wider public at the time, a kind of "Great
American Novel" way... (?). Anyway it is still a good novel
and a de facto kind of testimony of a difficult and inhumane
time, a period of real social turmoil in the recent history
of the USA, but available for a large public bu this novel.
Steinbeck is really a great novelist as well. Do not forget
"Totilla Flat", "Cannery Row" , excellent stories with a real
social content.
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
ejgorman99@aol.com :
> For all the sweep and drama and historical value of
Grapes of Wrath, there is
> a deliberateness of Purpose that's always made it
seem awkward to me..a
> self-conscious air of Importance. I know that's
heresy but I prefer his In
> Dubious Battle and Of Mice and Men and many of his
short stories (he's very much
> underestimated as a short story artist) to
Wrath.
>
>
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