John Steinbeck

In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist for "the Party" who is organizing a major strike by fruit pickers, seeking thus to attract followers to his cause. Prior to publication, Steinbeck wrote in a letter: This is the first time I have felt that I …

En underbar torsdag är en roman av John Steinbeck från 1954. Boken är fristående uppföljare till Det stora kalaset från 1945. Handlingen utspelar sig i efterkrigstidens Monterey County i Kalifornien, bland arbetarna, dagdrivarna och de prostituerade på Cannery Row. Huvudpersonen "Doktorn" har kommit tillbaka efter sin …

"Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat."This compelling, dignified and moving novel was inspired by and based upon the Nazi invasion of neutral Norway. Set in an imaginary European mining town, it shows what happens when a ruthless totalitarian power is up against an occupied …

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody …

Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the …

Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, John Steinbeck created a “Camelot” on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey, California, and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur’s castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for …

To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates …

Det stora kalaset är en roman av John Steinbeck från år 1945. Den filmatiserades 1982 med Nick Nolte och Debra Winger i huvudrollerna. Handlingen utspelar sig i Monterey i Kalifornien under depressionen på 1930-talet. En halvt fristående fortsättning finns i romanen En underbar torsdag.

Pärlan är en roman från 1947 av John Steinbeck. Boken utkom första gången på svenska 1948. Pärlan är en berättelse om den stora pärlan, om mannen som fann den och förlorade den igen.

Öster om Eden är en roman från 1952 av John Steinbeck. Romanen räknas som ett av hans största verk vid sidan av Vredens druvor. Boken publicerades 1952 och tre år senare, 1955, blev den filmatiserad av regissören Elia Kazan. Det finns även en mini-TV-serie av Öster om Eden från 1981 med bland andra Jane Seymour och …