{"product_id":"john-steinbeck-linda-wagner-martin-9781349716579","title":"John Steinbeck: A Literary Life","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Wagner-Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 134971657X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349716579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.43d","brand":"Linda Wagner-Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064346865919,"sku":"9781349716579","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6721a48b-157c-4447-951d-17e2d0fd0f72.jpg?v=1685394940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-steinbeck-linda-wagner-martin-9781349716579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}