Winner of the Pulitzer Prize The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou KarmanTo the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently and they did not cut the scarred earthDrought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl the Joads a family of sharecroppers decide they have no choice but to follow They head west towards California where they hope to find work and a future for their family But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival Magnificent New York TimesSteinbecks writings form a photograph album of America GuardianThere is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic Time and TideA novelist who is also a true poet Sunday Times