08/29/2025
Today marks the 85th anniversary of the publication of John Steinbeck’s epic tale of the American frontier, “The Grapes of Wrath.” “Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity, its grasp of the spirit of an entire people traversing a wilderness, its kindliness, its humor, and its bitter indignation,” Clifton Fadiman wrote, in 1939. “ ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ is the American novel of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade.” Read the rave review from the : http://nyer.cm/ZEt1WuK?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fnewyorkermag%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F399491456
