ג'ון סטיינבק

In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist for "the Party" who is organizing a major strike by fruit pickers, seeking thus to attract followers to his cause. Prior to publication, Steinbeck wrote in a letter: This is the first time I have felt that I …

Sweet Thursday is a 1954 novel by John Steinbeck. It is a sequel to Cannery Row and set in the years after the end of World War II. According to the author, "Sweet Thursday" is the day between Lousy Wednesday and Waiting Friday.

"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 …

הפוני האדום היא נובלה מאת הסופר האמריקאי ג'ון סטיינבק, שנכתבה בשנת 1933. שלושת הפרקים הראשונים של הנובלה התפרסמו בין השנים 1933 ל-1936 במגזינים שונים‏, והספר המלא פורסם בשנת 1937 על ידי הוצאת וייקינג …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

הפנינה היא נובלה מאת הסופר האמריקאי ג'ון סטיינבק. הנובלה פורסמה לראשונה ב-1947.

קדמת עדן באנגלית: הוא רומן מפתח‏ מאת זוכה פרס נובל לספרות, ג'ון סטיינבק. הרומן התפרסם ב-1952 והנו משל לעלילת קין והבל על בסיס חוויותיו של סטיינבק מעמק סלינה שבקליפורניה. העלילה מתרחשת בין מלחמת האזרחים האמריקאית למלחמת העולם הראשונה ומגוללת את סיפורם של שני אחים ושני …