![]() ![]() Ethan, whose forebears had numbered sea-captains and men of property, is working in a grocery store. The result is a novel in its very different way as powerful as anything he has done, and certain to stand as a major work in the Steinbeck canon.Įthan Allen Hawley, an heir to the upright New England tradition, is the focus of this story, which takes place between Good Friday and just after the Fourth of July, 1960. But it deals with it in a way that reveals the continuity within Steinbeck's diversity: through the lives of one family and their friends, he has taken that society apart, shown its frightening shams and shortcomings, and measured it against true human decency. Instead of being set in the Far West, the scene of most of his books, this one takes place on the Northeastern seaboard instead of depicting simple, uneducated people, this deals chiefly with a well-born, well-to-do society with long traditions behind it. Yet this new novel will probably surprise even his warmest admirers. Each of his books is apt to be a new departure, differing sharply from the one before. Steinbeck's versatility should no longer cause astonishment. ![]() Inside, the page are clean and the binding is dry but intact. The dust jacket has rubbing and chips to the spine and edges. ![]() The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck is a 281-page hardcover published in 1961 by The Viking Press, and is a Book Club Edition. ![]()
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