John Steinbeck

Before there was Viva Zapata!, the acclaimed film for which John Steinbeck received Academy Award nominations for best story and screenplay, there was the original Zapata.In the research library of UCLA, James Robertson unearthed Steinbeck's original narraive of the life of Emiliano Zapato, "the Little Tiger," …

Om mus og menn er en roman fra 1937 av nobelprisvinneren John Steinbeck. I amerikansk språkbruk kalles den en novella, dvs. en kortroman. Boka skildrer forholdet mellom to leiearbeidere i California under de vanskelige 1930-årene etter finanskrakket i 1929: den tilbakestående Lennie og hans venn og «verge» George. De …

John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout the time he was creating his greatest work, Steinbeck faithfully kept a journal revealing his arduous journey toward its completion. The journal, like the novel it chronicles, tells a tale of …

America and Americans is a 1966 collection of John Steinbeck's journalism, including the title piece. This was Steinbeck's last book.