To a God Unknown

To a God Unknown

240 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 1933
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ISBN: 9780141185507

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Publication date: 1 January 2001

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While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country, To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God.