Bøger af John Steinbeck

"Surely his most interesting, plausibly his most memorable, and . . . arguably his best book" -The New York Times Book ReviewFor John Steinbeck, who hated the telephone, letter-writing was a preparation for work and a natural way for him to communicate his thoughts on people he liked and hated; on marriage, women, and children; on the condition of the world; and on his progress in learning his craft. Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California, and closing with a 1968 note written in Sag Herbor, New York, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters reveals the inner thoughts and rough character of this American author as nothing else has and as nothing else ever will."The reader will discover as much about the making of a writer and the creative process, as he will about Steinbeck. And that's a lot." -Los Angeles Herald-Examiner"A rewarding book of enduring interest, this becomes a major part of the Steinbeck canon." -The Wall Street Journal

Passend zum Schwerpunktthema "The American Dream"John Steinbeck beschreibt in Of Mice and Men die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Wanderarbeitern, einer einsamen Frau und Ranchhelfern mit einem Ranchbesitzer und seinem Sohn im Amerika zur Zeit der Großen Depression in den 1930ern. Diese Auseinandersetzung wird zum Synonym für den Konflikt mit einer Sozialstruktur, die Arbeiter als ersetzbare Objekte anstatt als wertvolle Menschen ansieht. Die Entdeckung und Erhaltung ihrer Menschenwürde im Angesicht von überwältigend entmenschlichenden Kräften wird zur kritischen Herausforderung. Steinbeck hat nicht nur ein amerikanisches Drama geschrieben, das an einen bestimmten Ort und einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt in der Geschichte gebunden ist; Of Mice and Men ist ein Drama über die Menschlichkeit an allen Orten und für alle Zeiten.Unsere Diesterweg-Ausgabe enthält eine Einleitung der Steinbeckexpertin, Dr. Charlotte Hadella, Southern Oregon University. Die ausführliche Erklärung der amerikanischen Umgangssprache erleichtert das Lesen des Romans. Außerdem tragen zahlreiche Annotationen, eine timeline und Steinbeck-Biographie sowie weitere Hintergrundmaterialien zum besseren Verständnis der Lektüre bei.

Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.A Penguin ClassicJust after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document.What they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called "the great other side there … the private life of the Russian people." Unlike other Western reporting about Russia at the time, A Russian Journal is free of ideological obsessions. Rather, Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II-represented here in Capa's stirring photographs alongside Steinbeck's masterful prose. Through it all, we are given intimate glimpses of two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle. This edition features an introduction by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

O Mice an Men wis first published in 1937. It tells the tale o George Milton an Lennie Small, twa gangrel ranch wirkers, fa meeve frae airt tae airt in California sikkin oot new wirk chaunces durin the Muckle Depression in Americay. Scriever John Steinbeck foondit the novella on his ain experiences wirkin alangside traivellin fairm wirkers as a halflin in the 1910s (afore the camin o the Okies he wid brawly describe in The Grapes o Wrath). Steinbeck tuik the title frae Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse":But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes o' Mice an' MenGang aft agley.An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,For promis'd joy!Sheena Blackhall is a poet fa's scrieved mair than 130 poetry volumes, an fower novellas. She's haen twa plays televeesed an puckles o e-buiks, includin The Chimera Institute an The Honey that came frae the Sea. Recently wi Sheila Templeton she owersett Charlotte Brontë's Jean Eyre. Her maist recent owersett is L. Frank Baum's The Winnerfu Warlock o Oz. Baith o the latter buiks can be gotten frae Evertype.

Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside-and betrayal born within the close-knit communityA Penguin Classic In this masterful tale set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. As he delves into the emotions of the German commander and the Norwegian traitor, and depicts the spirited patriotism of the Norwegian underground, Steinbeck uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war-and about human nature.Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's self-described "celebration of the durability of democracy" had an extraordinary impact as Allied propaganda in Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite Axis efforts to suppress it (in Fascist Italy, mere possession of the book was punishable by death), The Moon is Down was secretly translated into French, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian and Russian; hundreds of thousands of copies circulated throughout Europe, making it by far the most popular piece of propaganda under the occupation. Few literary works of our time have demonstrated so triumphantly the power of ideas in the face of cold steel and brute force. This edition features an introduction by Donald V. Coers.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survivalA Penguin Classic 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 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. 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.'For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Många känner till John Steinbeck. Den stora, amerikanska författaren. Nobelpristagaren som skildrade den amerikanska arbetarklassens mödor och glädje. Få känner dock till att John Steinbeck också hade en karriär som journalist. I den här spännande samlingen texter får vi stifta bekantskap med en orädd och nyfiken skribent som ger sig i kast med dåtidens mest brinnande frågor: den stora depressionen, Vietnamkriget.John Steinbeck (1902-1968) räknas idag som en av de viktigaste amerikanska författarna. Han tilldelades Nobelpriset i litteratur 1962.

Scenen er Cannery Row i Monterey, Californien. Doc er gået i stå: indehaveren af Vestkystens Biologiske Laboratorium er vendt rastløs og desillusioneret hjem fra 2. verdenskrig. Hans videnskab ligger stille, han gider knap nok se til sine blæksprutter og klapperslanger.Men så beslutter Docs venner at tage affære. Dagdriverne fra Ungkarlehjemmet "Palace" og pigerne fra byens ikke helt almindelige bordel "The Bear Flag" slår sig sammen og skaffer Doc det mikroskop, der bringer hans forskning videre og tilmed skaffer ham en ung og herlig kone."En dejlig torsdag" er den uopslidelige historie om Doc, bordelmutter, købmanden og kumpanerne, der sværger til whiskymærket "Old Tennis Shoes".idden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlJohn Steinbeck (1902-1968) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev et væld af noveller og romaner, der er blevet oversat til flere forskellige sprog. I 1962 modtog John Steinbeck Nobelprisen i litteratur, og hans værker er bredt anerkendte verden over.

Året är 1940 och John Steinbeck har tillsammans med sin vän marinbiologen Ed Ricketts givit sig ut på en forskningsresa till sjöss. Genom fartygets loggbok får vi dagligen följa resan, forskningen, och äventyren. På fartyget Western Flyer reser de till Montereybukten vid Kaliforniens kust för att samla in olika havslevande varelser. Bukten hade inte tidigare undersökts med någon större noggrannhet, och Steinbecks och Ricketts anteckningar är därför inte bara vetenskapligt intressanta, utan även humoristiska, fulla av filosofiska funderingar och äventyrliga upptåg.John Steinbeck (1902-1968) räknas som en av Amerikas viktigaste författare. Hans romaner är ofta breda, episka berättelser om amerikansk arbetarklass. 1962 belönades han med Nobelpriset i litteratur.

Onsdagar, ofta refererad till som veckans värsta dag, har trots allt en bra egenskap. Den följs av den underbara torsdagen. En man, Doktorn, återvänder till Monterey i Kalifornien efter andra världskrigets slut, men finner att den förut så glada platsen med de tidigare så uppsluppna människorna nu är grå, och krigstrött. Dessutom har doktorns biologiska anstalten förfallit under hans frånvaro, och doktorn börjar känna att hans liv saknar syfte och mening. På luffarhotellet Lusasken och den närliggande bordellen Björnflaggan gör doktorns vänner deras bästa för att muntra upp honom, och sig själva. Men det som tidigare brukade göra doktorn glad verkar inte längre ha någon effekt. Det går snart upp för vännerna att det han verkligen behöver är någon att gifta sig med, och ett nytt mikroskop.John Steinbeck (1902-1968) räknas som en av Amerikas viktigaste författare. Hans romaner är ofta breda, episka berättelser om amerikansk arbetarklass. 1962 belönades han med Nobelpriset i litteratur.

Från Maine i norr till Monterey i söder följer vi John Steinbeck på en resa genom USA med sin hund Charley. Året är 1960 och Steinbeck, som är medveten om att hans liv snart är till ända, vill se sitt älskade och hatade hemland en sista gång. Skarpsynt iakttar Steinbeck ett land i förändring, utan att ställa en enda fråga. Hans fängslande beskrivningar skiftar mellan komik och melankoli när han rör sig genom det amerikanska samhället och dess skuggsidor.John Steinbeck (1902-1968) räknas som en av Amerikas viktigaste författare. Hans romaner är ofta breda, episka berättelser om amerikansk arbetarklass. 1962 belönades han med Nobelpriset i litteratur.