2 weeks ago
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Not a native speaker, but I've read it in original language
Reading it felt like slowly drowning in mud, it was getting more and more overwhelming and it never stopped
The book was raw and honest and left me dazed and a little bit broken
Steinbeck perfectly broke down the mathematics of greed and fear and how it can grind down almost everything that is really valuable
It was especially hard to read from a perspective of a person that doesn't have a big family or circle of friends
Maybe that's me that cannot extract more hope from this piece, but it was very grim, especially from a perspective of today's world, in which almost 100 years later the same struggles continue and the freedom of land, local agriculture and traditional family life is almost extinct
Just my thoughts, peace to everyone
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