The Grapes of Wrath
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First published AD 1939, written in English
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
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On these lists
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, number 7
- The Guardian: The 100 best novels (Robert McCrum), number 66
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels, number 10
- BBC The Big Read, number 29