Steinbeck’s collection of short stories captures his Salinas Valley, viewing it from various vantage points: a quiet family ranch, a hispanic renegade’s fearful eyes, a smoke-colored corpse hanging from a tree, or a garden of carefully mended flowers. The end product is a clearly detailed picture of this specific time in the American story [...]
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The Long Valley
Posted in Literature, Short Story, Uncategorized, tagged John Steinbeck, Patriotism on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Death and Renewal
Posted in Faith, Life, Literature, Rebirth on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Yes, here in this forest was that oak with which I agreed,” thought Prince Andrew. “But where is it?” he again wondered, gazing at the left side of the road, and without recognizing it he looked with admiration at the very oak he sought. The old oak, quite transfigured, spreading out a canopy of sappy [...]
