In the Shadow of the Cypress (Paperback)

from j.james

There's isn't much character development in Steinbeck's book, and nothing to really tug at your heart, but the story is intriguing and the writing is beautifully concise. Perhaps I'm overly influenced by the author's lineage, but there is something classic about Thomas Steinbeck's narrative voice...

from ImBookingIt

How odd-- a hidden treasure novel with no villain.In the last third of the book, I was trying to figure out why the pacing seemed so strange. The plot was moving along, the events were interesting, but it still felt like nothing was happening. I then realized that we were straightforwardly moving...

from PegSwaney

Chinese artifacts found under tree to indicate Chinese here in US earlier than thought. Book focuses on 1940 and present time.

from pbadeer

As much as I would like to do a detailed review for this book, the phrase I keep coming up with is: "It isn't bad". And it probably goes without saying, that it isn't great either. Part mystery, part cultural analysis, and part literary fiction, [In the Shadow of the Cypress] begins with events i...

from cinnleigh

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS by Thomas Steinbeck was certainly an interesting read. First following an ancient discovery and then finding out how that impacts the lives of the researchers who come in contact with it, readers are taken through a whirlwind of events that leave the mind excited and ...