It's a shame that writers feel the need to deceive us. ' I was really disappointed to learn that much of this book was fabricated. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading it. ' I generally dislike Steinbeck's novels, but this book was so different than his other works.

I loved it! I had to read it for my US History class. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Bonus points for the heartening gender balance of the initial selections. Vibrant, minimalist new typographic covers…. convey a sense of nostalgia for the tactility and aesthetic power of a physical book and for a centuries-old tradition of beautiful lettering. Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design Award. Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books. Rex Bonomelli, The New York TimesĬlassic reads in stunning covers-your book club will be dying. The complete set forms a rainbow spectrum prettier than anything else on your bookshelf. Jane Austen’s A (Pride and Prejudice) is formed by opulent peacock feathers and Charlotte Bronte’s B (Jane Eyre) is surrounded by flames. Each cover is foil-stamped with a cleverly illustrated letterform that reveals an element of the story. Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische’s fresh approach to the literary classics reduces the design down to typography and color. Why buy these particular classics when there are less expensive, even free editions of Great Expectations? Because they’re beautiful objects. The Penguin Drop Caps series is a great example of the power of design. 'This was one of my favorite books, Steinbeck was one of the best ever, and this was a simple story about his trip across America with his dog. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: “scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed…and, at the darkest level…the terror of isolation and nothingness.”

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 boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. 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. Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival

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