Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition) Paperback - 2002
by John Steinbeck
Drawing characters based on his memories of real inhabitants of Monterey, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack, and his boys, in a world where only the fittest survive, in a novel that focuses on the acceptance of life as it is--a story at once humorous and poignant.
Summary
First published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it isboth the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. John Steinbeck draws on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, and interweaves their stories in this world where only the fittest survivecreating what is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck returns to the setting of Tortilla Flat to create another evocative portrait of life as it is lived by those who unabashedly put the highest value on the intangibleshuman warmth, camaraderie, and love.
This Steinbeck Centennial Edition features French flaps and deckled pages.
Details
- Title Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)
- Author John Steinbeck
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2002-02-05
- ISBN 9780142000687 / 014200068X
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 14.22 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 930
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Community life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001055445
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
“It’s one of the most thoroughly enjoyable and delicious books you’ll ever have the fortune to read.” Chicago Sun Times
“Everything is always somehow overlaid with laughter, the special kind of laughter and contentment with one’s lot, however humble, that only John Steinbeck can put into words. . . . John Steinbeck sees his characters with deep compassion as well as amusement.” Chicago Sunday Tribune
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