Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140187427 (0140187421)
Publish date: May 1st 1994
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
John Steinbeck is universally known for his gritty tales of realism. Most people associate Steinbeck's name with The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Some know the author's family epic, East of Eden, while others relish in his humorous tales of drunken exploits, Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat... Few...
um...this is kind of weird. i'm trying to imagine reading it in 1950, not today, and wondering if that makes it bolder and more interesting. i'm a fan of steinbeck, and i know he was trying something new and different here (writing a play-novella) but mostly it just didn't work for me. i give him...