Burning Bright
'A man can't scrap his bloodline, can't snip the thread of immortality.' Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His beautiful, young, devoted wife...
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'A man can't scrap his bloodline, can't snip the thread of immortality.' Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His beautiful, young, devoted wife loves him so much that she secretly conceives the child of another man. But when Joe discovers her deception, his anguish is greater than ever before...This is a powerful, tragic and deeply moving tale.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039440 (014303944X)
Publish date: November 28th 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 128
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...
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