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Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck (1982, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140062211

ISBN-139780140062212

eBay Product ID (ePID)127449038

Product Key Features

Book TitleWinter of Our Discontent

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily Life, General, Literary

Publication Year1982

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Steinbeck

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.7 Oz

Item Length3.9 in

Item Width8.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal813/.52

SynopsisFrom a swashbuckling pirate fantasy to a meditation on American moralityatwo classic Steinbeck novels make their black spine debuts IN AWARDING John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with "The Winter of Our Discontent," he had aresumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.a Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, 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., Ethan Hawley, a descendant of proud New England sea captains, works as a clerk in the grocery store owned by an Italian immigrant. His wife is restless; his teenaged children are troubled and discontented, 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.