In Dubious Battle (Presentation copy)
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
Historically overshadowed by Steinbeck's towering works East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, his later novel In Dubious Battle has seen a resurgence of scholarly interest for its depictions of race and class. In developing the novel's central structure, "Steinbeck utilized episodes from the Tagus Ranch peach strike of 1933 and a cotton strike throughout the San Joaquin Valley that October"; while he "deviated from the particulars of these labor disputes to clarify the central themes of the novel...In Dubious Battle indicates that the primary responsibility for human suffering rests on the growers, since they preside over an economic framework that limits the opportunities available to the working class" predominantly composed of people of color (Dawson). Steinbeck's emphasis on laborers unionizing to fight back against their abusers -- predominantly powerful, white men -- are concerns that continue resonating today. In Dubious Battle made its appearance on the big screen in 2017, as a film directed by James Franco.
Goldstone & Payne A5(b). Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist for "the Party" (the American Communist Party, although it is never specifically named in the novel) who is organizing a major strike by the workers, seeking thus to attract followers to his cause. In Steinbeck's obituary, the New York Times said that "Although the writer's sympathies were clearly with the strikers...
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4490
- Title
- In Dubious Battle (Presentation copy)
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Covici Friedi
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- But in my little experience the end is never very different in its nature from the means. Damn it, Jim, you can only build a violent thing with violence.
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