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Cannery Row

By John Steinbeck
Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

By John Steinbeck
Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

By John Steinbeck

By John Steinbeck

By John Steinbeck
Read by Jerry Farden

By John Steinbeck
Read by Jerry Farden

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Paperback $16.00

Feb 01, 1994 | ISBN 9780140187373

Ebook $4.99

Feb 01, 1993 | ISBN 9781440630361

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    About Cannery Row

    Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival

    A Penguin Classic

    Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: “Scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed . . . and, at the darkest level . . . the terror of isolation and nothingness.”

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Cannery Row

    Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival

    A Penguin Classic

    Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: “Scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed . . . and, at the darkest level . . . the terror of isolation and nothingness.”

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Cannery Row

    Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survivalPublished in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works.

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    About John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919… More about John Steinbeck

    About John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919… More about John Steinbeck

    About John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919… More about John Steinbeck

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Feb 01, 1994 | 224 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140187373

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 01, 1993 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9781440630361

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    May 11, 2011 | 360 Minutes | ISBN 9781101530924

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    By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

    “John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century.” —The Dallas Morning News

    “A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him.” —Don DeLillo

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