{"product_id":"9781349716579","title":"John Steinbeck: A Literary Life","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJohn Steinbeck: A Literary Life\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWagner-Martin, Linda\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of \u003ci\u003eThe Pastures of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding stories such as \u003ci\u003eThe Red Pony\u003c\/i\u003e. Intermixed with Steinbeck’s journalism about California’s labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces,\u003ci\u003e Of Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath.\u003c\/i\u003e The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTravels with Charley \u003c\/i\u003eup to just a few months before his death in 1968.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-07-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349716579\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-55382-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 183.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588024230028,"sku":"9781349716579","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349716579_c6f61526-866c-4f53-9c46-a148a986e148.jpg?v=1767271483","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349716579","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}