Worried winter

Author: Steinbeck
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is the last long work of Nobel Prize-winning author Steinbeck. After experiencing university life and World War II, the young and thoughtful Ethan returns to his hometown with passion. However, the simple and sincere relationships he once imagined among people have become hard to find under the pressure of survival competition. Ethan can only cover his inner frustration with mockery and self-mockery. Yet, the expectations of his loving wife and the complaints of his children finally lead him to betray his "kind" self. He reports his employer to the immigration office, who had treated him like family, and takes over the employer's shop. He tricks his childhood friend Taylor into giving up his land, and even manages to outsmart the cunning banker. Just as he gains everything, the woman who had once urged him to pursue personal gain, a half-prostitute who practices witchcraft, comes to blackmail him, and his son's cheating to win a national essay competition is also exposed. Ethan finally becomes aware after struggling internally between greed and conscience.