The Ghost of Tom Joad (song) The Ghost of Tom Joad (song) "The Ghost of Tom Joad" is a folk rock song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is the title track to his eleventh studio album, released in 1995. The character Tom Joad, from John Steinbeck's classic 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath", is mentioned in the title and narrative. Originally a quiet folk song, "The Ghost of Tom Joad" has also been recorded by Rage Against the Machine and Junip. Springsteen himself has performed the song in a variety of arrangements, including with the E Street Band, and a live recording featuring Rage Against the
The Family (Shimazaki novel) social ladder as their eldest sons, Koizumi Minoru and Hashimoyo Tatsuo, take on disastrous financial projects. The character Sankichi is the youngest son of the Koizumi family, a writer – a thinly disguised "alter ego" for the author himself. The Family (Shimazaki novel) The Family is a Japanese novel written by Tōson Shimazaki, first serialized in 1910–11 under the title "Ie" (家). This autobiographical novel deals with the disintegration of two provincial families, the Koizumis and the Hashimotos. "The Family" covers a period of twelve years in the lives of the Koizumi and the Hashimoto families, from 1898 to 1910.