John Steinbeck

O myšiach a ľuďoch je názov novely Johna Steinbecka z roku 1937. Odohráva sa počas Veľkej hospodárskej krízy v Kalifornii v údolí Salinas neďaleko od Soledadu. Rozpráva osudy amerických bezzemkov v 30. rokoch 20. storočia. Hovorí o priateľstve dvoch mužov, Georga a Lennieho. Lennie je mentálne postihnutý a George sa …

Ovocie hnevu je román Johna Steinbecka z roku 1939. Už v roku 1940 zaň Steinbeck dostal Pulitzerovu cenu. Horlivo sa o ňom diskutovalo po celých Spojených štátoch a v niektorých štátoch bolo dokonca zakázané. Je to príbeh rodiny Joadovcov - chudobných farmárov vyhnaných z ich zeme počas Veľkej hospodárskej krízy. …

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.

One of Steinbeck’s most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his …

Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his …

To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates …

Rovina Tortilla bol jeden z prvých románov Johna Steinbecka jej dej sa odhráva v Monterey v Kalifornii. Táto kniha priniesla Steinbeckovi prvý komerčný úspech. Vydal ju v roku 1935.

Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the …

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody …

"Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat."This compelling, dignified and moving novel was inspired by and based upon the Nazi invasion of neutral Norway. Set in an imaginary European mining town, it shows what happens when a ruthless totalitarian power is up against an occupied …