A book a day | "Grapes of Wrath"

[Book Title]: The Grapes of Wrath

【Original story】:The Grapes of Wrath

[Author]: [United States] John Steinbeck / Hu Zhongzhi

[Translator]: Hu Zhongzhi

[Reason for recommendation]: John Steinbeck, a famous American writer and Nobel Laureate in Literature. Many of Steinbeck's works, based on the land and people of the United States, portray real and believable figures with compassion and humanity, showing a vast and magnificent picture of the times in which they lived. "Grapes of Wrath" is Steinbeck's masterpiece, the novel depicts the tragic story of the poor farmer Jodd's family from the windswept Oklahoma Plains to the rich California Valley during the Great Depression in the 1930s, which is an epic of modern farmers in the United States. Grapes of Wrath has become a must-read in American high school and college literature classes because of its historicity and importance. In 1940, it was brought to the silver screen by Hollywood, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.

The book recommended today was published on 2018-3-1, belongs to the American literature category, although the reader discussion is not high, but the Douban score is as high as 8.5, which may be a treasure book worth your collection.