ジョン・スタインベック

『二十日鼠と人間』は、1937年に出版されたジョン・スタインベックの小説。世界大恐慌時のカリフォルニア州が舞台で、2人の出稼ぎ労働者ジョージとレニーの悲劇の物語である。題名は、スコットランドの詩人ロバート・バーンズの「To a …

『怒りの葡萄』は、アメリカ合衆国の作家ジョン・スタインベックによる小説である。初版は1939年。この小説により、スタインベックは1940年にピューリッツァー賞を受賞した。後のノーベル文学賞受賞も、主に本作を受賞理由としている。 …

『エデンの東』は、アメリカ合衆国の作家ジョン・スタインベックが1952年に発表した長編小説。 …

真珠はジョン・スタインベックの小説である。

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 …

Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a “Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for …

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 …