National Book Award National Book Award
Edition 7 (1942)
FictionNonfictionPoetryTranslated LiteratureYoung People's Literature (Children's and Young Adult)
Winners
1 peopleA rural novel about one season in the life of a Texas farming family. Land, labor, and mutual support are built up in a plain but forceful style that conveys both the weight of daily life and the possibility of hope.
A novel about the weight and feel of a life lived close to the soil.
260 pages
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