The winter of our discontent published in 1961, is john steinbecks last novel. In awarding john steinbeck the 1962 nobel prize in literature, the nobel committee stated that with the winter of our discontent, he had resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely american. This story tells those selfdenials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes.
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