To an Unknown God

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) – American writer, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1962 and Pulitzer Prize winner. The author's works undoubtedly belong to the golden fund of classic American literature.

One of John Steinbeck's early novels, permeated with the mystical connection between man and nature, the universe, and God.

Joseph Wayne moves to California to establish a family ranch. His dream of land, where he can build a home, get married, work honestly, and accumulate wealth, comes true. A simple, understandable, practical dream, where there is no place for mysticism and ghosts. However, from the very first day, Joseph feels that the true legitimate inhabitants of this bountiful land are the trees, grasses, streams, and the spirits that inhabit them, while man is an unwelcome and irrational ghostly guest here.