The Grapes of Wrath/The Moon Is Down/Cannery Row/East of Eden/Of Mice and Men

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The Grapes of Wrath / The Moon Is Down / Cannery Row / East of Eden / Of Mice and Men

950 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1952

About the author

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John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.

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April 17,2025
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this is a review for of mice and man.
I never thought that I would like this book so much, but strangely, i really do. I got recommended this book from my cousin, saying it is a book from a Nobel prize winner laureate. And i was not left disappointed. A major part of this book is about how the two friends chase their dream to finally own the farm. The dream comes from being a story told so that a friend would shut up and behave, to becoming a dream for everyone, from the horse carer to the old cleaner. Yet, that dream that comes so easily, so much within reach is suddenly pushed away from the in a woosh, with the whole thing comes crashing down in a predicted accident. It is so casually cruel, yet, so much so in term with our daily lives.
April 17,2025
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its weird. and people that think this book is good, is very wise.
i recommend it to everybody i meet. because its a conversation starter.
who wouldnt want to be my friend?

i got a friend named changwoo in real life, but really in the book his name is lee chong.
and mac and the boys go on adventures, and they have some ups and downs.
doc meets frankie and they become good friends(or does frankie meet doc, hmmm?) i guess your just going to have to read the book to find out.. hey! throughout the book.
i thought, whoa this is good. i hope that you will read this book, because its about nothing. very random. for example blah blah blah.

but really its ridiculously about how life travels in front of your eyes so quickly. you have to live for the moment like mac, or you gotta live on the edge like mac (always running. . .)or like frankie always running or you have to love with money like lee chong, or kill yourself like horrace abbeville. or have a beer milkshake.

this book was murderous and lovely, or vise versa, idk.



. . . i lied.



[chorus:]




but really, have your kids read this. because the quality of words, movements, and theme
are the things that make your mind talk. very intelligent.
April 17,2025
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The moon is down by John Steinbeck
Had no idea what this book was even about, had just seen who it was by and knew I wanted to read it.
I'm often asked who I'd want to have dinner with and I would always pick John Steinbeck. Have read many of this other works and have enjoyed them.
This one is about wartime in Denmark and how the residents are treated, they band together, some are traitors. Didn't even know the country had coal mines and liked how the kids found the explosives in the snow.
His books make you think about things a bit more deeply.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
April 17,2025
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Can't say I've read all of this book but as it's the volume I own I thought I'd use it for my listing as I finished East of Eden this morning. Despite owning this book for more than 40 years ( a gift from my long-deceased father), I've still only read The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. I gave The Grapes of Wrath a 5-star review and think East of Eden is probably a 4.5. I've studiously avoided Of Mice and Men since being traumatised by the 1939 film as a child. For years, my older sister only had to say "Tell me about the rabbits" for me to burst into tears!

Found East of Eden very sad but an engaging read.
April 17,2025
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Dark blue leather. Peerage Books. 1986.
Shakespeares in the Alley
but
Steinbecks on the Farm....

I read Grapes of Wrath as a very young man.
Read East of Eden as a pretty young man.

I am from James Dean's hometown, but the book is as good as the movie, and in a broader way.
April 17,2025
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Not exactly uplifting this story of an Oklahoma family’s move to California during the depression. At the end of each chapter you think that it cannot get worse but it does. This makes Dickens a writer of comedies.

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