John Steinbeck

Ancient pagan beliefs, the great Greek epics, and the Bible all inform this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, which occupied him for more than five difficult years. While fulfilling his dead father’s dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a …

Tortilla Flat – powieść amerykańskiego pisarza Johna Steinbecka, opublikowana w 1935. Akcja niewielkiej powieści rozgrywa się w kalifornijskim miasteczku Monterey tuż po zakończeniu I wojny światowej. Jej bohaterem jest grupa miejscowych lekkoduchów, włóczęgów spędzających czas na piciu wina, drobnych kradzieżach oraz …

John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout the time he was creating his greatest work, Steinbeck faithfully kept a journal revealing his arduous journey toward its completion. The journal, like the novel it chronicles, tells a tale of …