by John Steinbeck, Margaret Tarner · Macmillan Readers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780230031050
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«The Grapes of Wrath» is the graded reader by John Steinbeck adapted by Margaret Tarner (Macmillan Readers, paperback, 144 pages, English).
The reader tells the story of the Joad family, who lose their farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression and set off for California with thousands of displaced people, hoping to find work picking fruit. Along the way they suffer hardship and hostility as they struggle to survive in a country where solidarity is scarce.
Part of the Macmillan Readers 2009 collection. An upper-intermediate graded reader with additional activities for the student.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language seeking an accessible approach to a classic of American literature.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
