John Steinbeck

Mus og Mænd er en roman af John Steinbeck fra 1937. Den handler om venskabet mellem to ranch-arbejdere, hvoraf den ene er mentalt udviklingshæmmet.

Vredens Druer er en roman skrevet af den amerikanske forfatter John Steinbeck og udgivet i 1939. Romanen har siden udgivelsen vundet Steinbeck flere litterære priser, heriblandt Pulitzerprisen i litteratur, og anses bredt for at være Steinbecks hovedværk, samt et af de største værker i det 20. århundredes litteratur. …

Øst for Paradis er en roman af John Steinbeck. Romanen, som er udgivet i 1952, regnes for en af Steinbecks bedste.

Perlen er en roman af John Steinbeck fra 1945. Perlen skiller sig ud fra den typiske Steinbeck-roman, der normalt står mejslet i socialrealistisk granit om 1920'erne fattige USA. Perlen er imidlertid skrevet med den samme urokkelige indignation, men handlingen fokuserer mere på almenmenneskelige modsætningsforhold end …

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 …