Penguin Drop Caps Cannery Row, (Hardcover)

from rburdock

Cannery Row is the third Steinbeck novel I've read in succession, and for me it stands out as the finest; quite simply I've never been more captivated by a fictional place, or its characters, than I have been whilst reading this novel. Cannery Row centres on life upon a small strip of largely dil...

from beelzebubba

My faith in Steinbeck is restored! My previous incursion into the world of Steinbeck, "Tortilla Flat," left me completely and utterly disappointed. Tried as I might, I could not get into it, and ended up abandoning it, which is something I usually don't do. But "Cannery Row" totally blew me away!...

from bkwurm

My very favorite Steinbeck. In fact, I chose it as the November read for my literature class. In Cannery Row Steinbeck is at his most charming. His love and admiration for his characters comes through loud and clear. The gentle style and keen insight into the residents of Cannery Row will give an...

from avidmom

"How can the .... dream {Cannery Row} be set down alive? When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to capture whole, for they break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and ...

from OscarWilde87

'Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.' So begins John Steinbeck's novel Cannery Row and this magnificent first sentence captures the mood of the book perfectly. In what follows, the author sets out to...