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isn't it obviously steinbeck? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by mathisfun123 3mo ago
isn't it obviously steinbeck?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Eden_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath (one of the best books i've ever read)
- arkis22 3mo agoI think that steinbeck is probably the correct answer. the iliad and the odyssey are not just "action epics", they are parable-ish in what they communicate to readers (or listeners) of their society. For example, it's not a coincidence that odysseus sleeps around the aegean sea while penelope chases suitors off at home. Twain is a pretty good second choice, but Steinbeck has a pretty good lock on parables of American aspirations and its society both good and bad. Steinbeck also wrote "the pearl" and of course "of mice and men"
- morkalork 3mo agoSteinbeck by far. The Grapes of Wrath is frighteningly relevant now even almost 100 years later..