The winter of our discontent
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The final novel of one of Americas most beloved writersa tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American. Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbecks last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Islands aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. Set in Steinbecks contemporary 1960 America, the novel explores the tenuous line between private and public honesty, and today ranks alongside his most acclaimed works of penetrating insight into the American condition. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by leading Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 26 augustus 2008
Aantal pagina's: 291
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: John Steinbeck
Tweede Auteur: Susan Shillinglaw
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 127 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 197 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 127 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 18 mm
Verpakking lengte: 194 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 369 g
EAN: 9780143039488
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