His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region.
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In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. This is a well crafted story that has a parable aspect to it. 'The Pearl' is a short novel authored by John Steinbeck and published in 1947.
Juana his wife had a song too, an ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval. When the morning comes he can hear the song of the family which includes the sounds of waves and animals that surrounded them. Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020. Kino lives in the shore with his family, he was a fisherman. The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. 4.0 out of 5 starsA Very Good Short Novel By An Experienced, Established Author. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row, the multi-generation epic East of Eden, and the novellas The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men.
He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters", and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.ĭuring his writing career, he authored 33 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories.