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The portable Steinbeck / John Steinbeck ; introduction : The twenty-first-century portable Steinbeck by Susan Shillinglaw ; selected and introduced by Pascal Covici, Jr.

by Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.

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New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

9780143106975 (paperback)

014310697X (paperback)

Penguin classics.

lx, 579 pages ; 20 cm.

Introduction. The twenty-first-century portable Steinbeck by Susan Shillinglaw ; Introduction to the 1971 portable Steinbeck by Pascal Covici, Jr. -- From The long valley. Flight ; The snake ; The harness ; The chrysanthemums -- From The pastures of heaven. Tularecito ; Molly Morgan ; Pat Humbert's -- From Tortilla Flat. Danny ; Pilon ; The pirate ; The treasure hunt ; Tortillas and beans -- From In dubious battle. A future we can't foresee -- Of mice and men (the complete novel) -- The red pony. The gift ; The great mountains ; The promise ; The leader of the people -- From The long valley. Breakfast -- From The grapes of wrath. The turtle ; "The last clear definite function of man" ; Migrant people ; Life and death ; Breakfast and work ; Ma and Tom ; The flood -- From Sea of Cortez. "Is" thinking and "living into" ; The pearl of La Paz ; Parable of laziness ; Differences ; "It might be so" -- From "About Ed Ricketts." "Knowing Ed Ricketts ..." ; "Speculative metaphysics" -- From Cannery Row. Frog hunt -- From East of Eden. Adam and his sons ; Choice and responsibility ; Technology and a technocrat ; Timshel -- Two uncollected stories. The affair at 7, rue de M---- ; How Mr. Hogan robbed a bank -- From Travels with Charley in search of America. People ; Texan ostentation ; Southern troubles ; Last leg -- The language of awareness. From East of Eden ; Nobel prize acceptance speech.

It would be impossible to overstate John Steinbeck's enduring influence on American letters. Profuse with a richness of language, sly humor, and empathy for even his most flawed characters, Steinbeck's books are still widely read and deeply relevant today. "The Portable Steinbeck" is a grand sampling of his most important and popular works. Here are the complete novels "Of Mice and Men" and "The Red Pony," together with self-contained excerpts from several longer novels, the text of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a fascinating introduction by Pascal Covici, Jr., son of Steinbeck's longtime editor, and brand new introduction from leading Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw that puts Steinbeck in the context of the 21st century.

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