The Grapes of Wrath

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.<BR><BR>'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'<BR><BR>Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival . . .<BR><BR>'Magnificent' New York Times<BR><BR>'Steinbeck's writings form a photograph album of America' Guardian<BR><BR>'There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic' Time and Tide<BR><BR>'A novelist who is also a true poet' Sunday Times