Description: John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72) by John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott, Elaine Steinbeck Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Here for the first time in one volume are John Steinbecks early California writings, including Tortilla Flat, his first popular success, and the extraordinarily powerful Of Mice and Men. Featuring many other great works written by Steinbeck from 1932-37, this volume is the first in a projected multi-volume set. Publisher Description The Library of America presents for the first time in one volume Steinbecks early writings, which expressed his abiding concerns for community, social justice, and the elemental connection between nature and human society. In prose that blends the vernacular and the incantatory, the local and the mythic, these five works chart Steinbecks evolution into one of the greatest and most enduring popular of American novelists.The Pastures of Heaven(1932), a collection of interrelated stories, delineates the troubled inner lives and sometimes disastrous fates of families living in a seemingly tranquil California valley. The surface realism of Steinbecks first mature work is enriched by hints of uncanny forces at work beneath."Deep down its mine, right to the center of the world," says Salinas Valley farmer Joseph Wayne about his land in John SteinbecksTo a God Unknown(1933). A sense of primeval magic dominates the novel as the farmer reverts to pagan nature worship and begins a tortuous journey toward catastrophe and ultimate understanding.Steinbecks sympathetic depiction of the raffishpaisonsofTortilla Flat(1935), a ramshackle district above Monterey, first won him popular attention. The Flats tenderhearted, resourceful, mildly corrupt, over-optimistic characters are a triumph of life-affirming humor.In Dubious Battle(1936) plunges into the political struggle of the 1930s and paints a vigorous fresco of a migrant fruit-pickers strike. Anticipating the collective portraiture ofThe Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck poignantly traces the surges and shifts of group behavior.WithOf Mice and Men(1937), Steinbeck secured his status as one of the most influential American writers. Lennie and George, itinerant farmhands held together in the face of deprivation only by the frailest of dreams, have long since passed into American mythology. This novel, which Steinbeck called "such a simple little thing," is now recognized as a masterpiece of concentrated emotional power.LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. Author Biography John Steinbeck(1902-1968) is the author of such celebrated works asTortilla Flat (1935),Of Mice and Men (1937), andThe Grapes of Wrath (1939), for which hewon both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Hewas awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.The editors of this volume areRobert DeMottandElaine A. Steinbeck(1914-2003). Robert DeMott is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio University and the author ofSteinbecks Typewriter, an award-winning book of critical essays. Elaine A. Steinbeck, co-editor ofSteinbeck- A Life in Letters, was married to John Steinbeck from 1950 until his death in 1968. Details ISBN 1883011019 ISBN-13 9781883011017 Title John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72) Author John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott, Elaine Steinbeck Format Hardcover Year 1994 Pages 912 Publisher The Library of America GE_Item_ID:138002480; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. 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Book Title: John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72) : The Pastures of Heaven/ to a God Unknown / Tortilla Flat / in Dubious Battle / of Mice and Men
Number of Pages: 912 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Library of America, T.H.E.
Topic: Humorous / Black Humor, Small Town & Rural, Literary, Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 1994
Genre: Social Science, Fiction
Item Weight: 21.2 Oz
Item Length: 11.3 in
Author: John Steinbeck
Item Width: 5.2 in
Book Series: Library of America John Steinbeck Edition Ser.
Format: Hardcover
