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27 February 1902–20 December 1968
Also known as J Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr., John John Steinbeck, John Steinback, John Steinbeck George Eliot, جون شتاينبك
John Steinbeck was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature (Source).
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as someone who loved grapes of wrath and will defend avidly its place amongst the greatest of american novels, east of eden was an (amusing) disappointment. steinbeck is, on a technical level, not the most deft of writers--he strikes with a hot and heavy hand…
How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?
In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love...We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending co…
Steinbeck conjures such vivid images of the Salinas Valley--the book begins with a multi-page description of the mountains, the rivers and streams, the unspoiled beauty of turn-of-the-century California. I've always been attracted to books that are anchored b…