Steinbeck, anyone?
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Re: Steinbeck, anyone?
I agree, "Of Mice and Men" is a short but hard punching book which can stand toe-to-toe with many a classic.
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After I read The Grapes of Wrath I found out that my mother picked grapes and cotton in California when she was a child. She and her family lived in rundown shacks as they traveled from place to place to pick the crops. I can't imagine what a hard life that must have been. I haven't read East of Eden for a very long time, but I remember it really affecting me as a young reader. I'll have to pick that one up again soon.
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I read Of Mice and Men and wasn't crazy about it either. I didn't read Steinbeck for years afterward. Then one day I picked up and read The Grapes of Wrath, and liked it very much. Then I read East of Eden, and it's easily one of the top 10 or 15 books I've read.sophiemer642 wrote:I have read Of Mice and Men, and I wasn't really impressed either. I haven't read any other of his works, and I do not plan to. Maybe some day, I might read Grapes of Wrath, but it's not likely.
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I think my next Steinbeck book, not long after "The Moon is Down", was "East of Eden" and I was a fan. Then I read "Of Mice and Men" and I knew that was the best book I'd ever read. I kept that opinion for a lot of years. I've read it every few years ever since and my opinion of it just keeps improving.
I didn't read "Grapes of Wrath" for a few more years and when I finally did I started reading everything I could find by Steinbeck and I've been re-reading them all my life.
I have a hard time picking a favorite author. A lot depends on who I'm talking and thinking about. A lot depends on what I've been reading. I think the weather might have an effect too. But Steinbeck is certainly among the top choices, along with Pearl S Buck, Bernard Malamud and Nevil Shute. These are all so good I'm not sure I could ever really decide.
Today Steinbeck is considered a classic writer but when I was young he was a contemporary writer and we waited eagerly for his next book. I still have a hard time thinking of him as "classical".
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