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John Steinbeck
While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in this classic work, Steinbeck narrows his focus, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked…
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For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses…
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California’s Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families–the Trasks and the Hamiltons–whose generations helplessly reenact the…
The only work of fantasy literature by the Nobel Prize winner is presented in this illustrated deluxe edition. Steinbeck embellishes Malory’s spare language with a richness of detail that transforms…
California’s fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of…
Based on the special fiftieth-anniversary edition of the novel which reproduced the original text published in 1939 by The Viking Press –P. xi.
Warren French
Although best-known for his fiction, John Steinbeck also enjoyed a long career as a non-fiction writer. The author of this study of his non-fiction works asserts that they contain much…
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Previously recorded by Penguin HighBridge Audio.
… based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man’s nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love –Back cover.
Una gran novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura, John Steinbeck
Al este del Eden, epopeya de resonancias biblicas que inspiro la celebre pelicula homonima dirigida por Elia Kazan y que…
Aret ar 1940 och John Steinbeck har tillsammans med sin van marinbiologen Ed Ricketts givit sig ut pa en forskningsresa till sjoess. Genom fartygets loggbok far vi dagligen foelja resan…
Fran Maine i norr till Monterey i soeder foeljer vi John Steinbeck pa en resa genom USA med sin hund Charley. Aret ar 1960 och Steinbeck, som ar medveten om…
Ethan lever ett dubbelt liv. Efter att hans far foerlorade familjens stora foermoegenhet tvingas han leva ett liv i arbete, slit och frustration. Men Ethan har bestamt sig foer att…
En ensam man, en soldat, vandrar foersiktigt mot fiendernas granspostering med en vit flagg ovanfoer huvudet, en flagga gjord av en badhandduk. Det ar en av de maktiga bilder som…
Joe Saul vill inte ha nagot hellre an ett barn. Men han ar en gammal man och hans unga hustru, Mordeen, misstanker att han ar steril. Foer att ge Joe…
Efter Andra varldskriget ligger Europa i spillror. Tyskland ar slaget i spillror, men resten av varlden gar ocksa pa knana. Sovjet befinner sig ocksa i ett extremt digert lage: fattigdom…
Manga kanner till John Steinbeck. Den stora, amerikanska foerfattaren. Nobelpristagaren som skildrade den amerikanska arbetarklassens moedor och gladje. Fa kanner dock till att John Steinbeck ocksa hade en karriar som…
In California’s 1930’s, two unlikely friends, Lenny and George, dream of owning a farm together. Now that they’ve landed a job on a farm in the Salinas Valley, the dream…
Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him.
In John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, a poor fisherman locates a valuable pearl. Instead of bringing fortune, it brings sorrow, proving that wealth and happiness don’t always go hand in hand.
This volume includes the original screenplay, with directors notes, and the narrative - which followed on from a previously undiscovered manuscript by Steinbeck being found in the UCLA Research Library…
Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged
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Mr John Steinbeck
When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds ‘the Pearl of the world’ he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will…
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Susan Shillinglaw
Carol Henning Steinbeck, writer John Steinbeck’s first wife, was his creative anchor, the inspiration for his great work of the 1930s, culminating in The Grapes of Wrath. In many ways…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Chrysanthemums, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s Flight, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A collection of critical reviews that investigate the background of industrialism in the works of John Steinbeck.
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Danica Cerce
This book explores the injustice toward Steinbeck’s works in Eastern European countries in the period of communist regimes. By taking up various avenues of approach while illuminating Steinbeck’s universal relevance…
Howard Levant
Examines and asseses the novels, beginning with Cup of Gold, 1929, in terms of Steinbeck’s search for an established harmony between ordering structure, either panoramic or dramatic, and his diverse…
William Souder
A biography of one of America’s most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck.
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Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck’s most widely read and beloved novels– Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and…
Covers John Steinbecks 1939 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Grapes Of Wrath.
Katalin Bruszt
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, which was the best selling book in 1939 and won the National…
Michael J. Meyer
First published in 1937, Of Mice and Men has been a staple of American literature ever since. Divided by decade, The Essential Criticism of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men…
Barbara A. Heavilin
But despite the publication of four new editions of the book from 1989 to 1997, its place in the American literary canon is precarious. Through reprints of early reviews and…
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is one of the most widely read American novels. The novel was published near the end of the Great Depression, yet its issues…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s The Moon Is Down, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
A Study Guide for John Steinbeck’s The Red Pony, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…