{"title":"John Steinbeck (A)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"grapes-of-wrath","title":"The Grapes of Wrath - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan\u003eJohn Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision. Adapted into a celebrated film directed by John Ford, and starring Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath is an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32040600928322,"sku":"","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9780141185064.jpg?v=1597053549"},{"product_id":"long-valley","title":"The Long Valley - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThis classic collection of short stories serves as the ideal introduction to Steinbeck's work. Set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themeselves in the world, these stories reflect many of the concerns key to Steinbeck as a writer; the tensions between town and city, labourers and owners, past and present. Included here are the celebrated tales, THE MURDERER and THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32309450899522,"sku":"","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/9780141185514.jpg?v=1597085227"},{"product_id":"modern-classics-of-mice-and-men","title":"Modern Classic : Of Mice And Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText4739123358248860791\"\u003eAn alternate cover for this ISBN can be found\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/170455.Of_Mice_and_Men\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36328397-of-mice-and-men\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other and a dream--a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie, struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes such as the friendship of a shared vision, and giving voice to America’s lonely and dispossessed, Of Mice and Men has proved one of Steinbeck’s most popular works, achieving success as a novel, a Broadway play and three acclaimed films.\u003cbr\u003e--back cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32309450932290,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/376_da8a8b36-38a7-4f98-af04-7a2950091bd0.jpg?v=1597085228"},{"product_id":"modern-classic-pastures-of-heaven-paperback","title":"Modern Classic : Pastures of Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText12724369100935945170\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Steinbeck tackles two important literary traditions here; American naturalism, with its focus on the conflict between natural instincts and the demand to conform to society's norms, and the short story cycle. Set in the heart of 'Steinbeck land', the lush Californian valleys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32567457841218,"sku":"","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/376_5f863eec-d8f5-429c-b25d-e8af92556104.jpg?v=1606225096"},{"product_id":"modern-classic-russian-journal-paperback","title":"Modern Classic : Russian Journal  - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText17583461936646523077\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe 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 travellers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. A RUSSIAN JOURNAL is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document. Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II. This is an intimate glimpse of two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32567463772226,"sku":"","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/377_c6ec18f1-6876-4beb-809d-ee245ac7070c.jpg?v=1606225265"},{"product_id":"the-short-novels-of-john-steinbeck","title":"The Short Novels of John Steinbeck - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText8536166901104923729\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, to the tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCannery Row\u003c\/i\u003e, to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pearl'\u003c\/i\u003es examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck stories of realism, that were imbued with energy and resilience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32567491690562,"sku":null,"price":2799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/381_386d35e9-183a-4d17-9b41-f8a6fa0cb64a.jpg?v=1606225980"},{"product_id":"the-grapes-of-wrath-75th-anniversary-edi","title":"The Grapes Of Wrath 75Th Anniversary Edition - Hardback","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40160674414658,"sku":null,"price":2899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/91kt9WLTE_L.jpg?v=1673517916"}],"url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/collections\/john-steinbeck-a.oembed","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}