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John Steinbeck

Autore di Uomini e topi

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In recent years Steinbeck has been elevated to a more prominent status among American writers of his generation. If not quite at the world-class artistic level of a Hemingway or a Faulkner, he is nonetheless read very widely throughout the world by readers of all ages who consider him one of the mostra altro most "American" of writers. Born in Salinas County, California on February 27, 1902, Steinbeck was of German-Irish parentage. After four years as a special student at Stanford University, he went to New York, where he worked as a reporter and as a hod carrier. Returning to California, he devoted himself to writing, with little success; his first three books sold fewer than 3,000 copies. Tortilla Flat (1935), dealing with the paisanos, California Mexicans whose ancestors settled in the country 200 years ago, established his reputation. In Dubious Battle (1936), a labor novel of a strike and strike-breaking, won the gold medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Of Mice and Men (1937), a long short story that turns upon a melodramatic incident in the tragic friendship of two farm hands, written almost entirely in dialogue, was an experiment and was dramatized in the year of its publication, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It brought him fame. Out of a series of articles that he wrote about the transient labor camps in California came the inspiration for his greatest book, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the odyssey of the Joad family, dispossessed of their farm in the Dust Bowl and seeking a new home, only to be driven on from camp to camp. The fiction is punctuated at intervals by the author's voice explaining this new sociological problem of homelessness, unemployment, and displacement. As the American novel "of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade," it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. It roused America and won a broad readership by the unusual simplicity and tenderness with which Steinbeck treated social questions. Even today, The Grapes of Wrath remains alive as a vivid account of believable human characters seen in symbolic and universal terms as well as in geographically and historically specific ones. Ma Joad is one of the most memorable characters in twentieth-century American fiction. It is her courage that sustains the family. Steinbeck's best and most ambitious novel after The Grapes of Wrath is East of Eden (1952), a saga of two American families in California from before the Civil War through World War I. Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1955) are lighter works that find Steinbeck returning to the lighthearted tone of Tortilla Flat as he recounts picaresque adventures of modern-day picaros. The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) struck some reviewers as being appropriately titled because of its despairing treatment of humanity's fall from grace in a wasteland world where money is king. Steinbeck also wrote important nonfiction, including Russian Journal (1948) in collaboration with the photographer Robert Capa; Once There Was a War (1958) and America and Americans (1966), which features pictures by 55 leading photographers and a 70-page essay by Steinbeck. His interest in marine biology led to two books primarily about sea life, Sea of Cortez (1941) (with Edward F. Ricketts) and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). Travels with Charley (1962) is an engaging account of his journey of rediscovery of America, which took him through approximately 40 states. Steinbeck was married three times and died in New York City on December 20, 1968 of heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was 66, and had been a life-long smoker. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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(eng) For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.

Serie

Opere di John Steinbeck

Uomini e topi (1937) 39,664 copie, 666 recensioni
Furore (1939) 34,768 copie, 476 recensioni
La valle dell'Eden (1952) 23,752 copie, 426 recensioni
La perla (1947) 13,402 copie, 206 recensioni
Vicolo Cannery (1945) 10,013 copie, 184 recensioni
Viaggio con Charley (1962) 8,604 copie, 214 recensioni
Pian della Tortilla (1935) 5,733 copie, 93 recensioni
Red pony (1933) 5,564 copie, 96 recensioni
L'inverno del nostro scontento (1961) 5,486 copie, 100 recensioni
La luna è tramontata (1942) 3,448 copie, 107 recensioni
Le gesta di Re Artu e dei suoi nobili cavalieri (1976) 2,891 copie, 46 recensioni
Quel fantastico giovedì (1954) 2,882 copie, 46 recensioni
In Dubious Battle (1936) 2,416 copie, 44 recensioni
La corriera stravagante (1947) 2,128 copie, 42 recensioni
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (1953) — Autore — 1,740 copie, 16 recensioni
To a God Unknown (1933) 1,694 copie, 29 recensioni
La valle lunga: racconti (1938) — Autore — 1,487 copie, 17 recensioni
The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) 1,458 copie, 22 recensioni
I pascoli del cielo (1932) 1,306 copie, 32 recensioni
La Santa Rossa (1929) — Autore — 1,039 copie, 20 recensioni
Cannery Row | Of Mice and Men (1937) — Autore — 1,021 copie, 8 recensioni
Il breve regno di Pipino IV (1957) — Autore — 968 copie, 17 recensioni
C'era una volta una guerra : cronache della seconda guerra mondiale (1943) — Autore — 908 copie, 18 recensioni
Steinbeck : Novels and Stories, 1932-1937 (1994) 668 copie, 7 recensioni
Diario russo (1948) — Autore — 647 copie, 18 recensioni
Burning Bright (1951) 563 copie, 14 recensioni
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969) 492 copie, 10 recensioni
The Pearl | The Red Pony (1933) 445 copie, 4 recensioni
America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction (2002) 364 copie, 7 recensioni
I nomadi (1936) 309 copie, 11 recensioni
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters (1975) 296 copie, 6 recensioni
L'America degli americani (1966) 243 copie, 5 recensioni
The Grapes of Wrath (Viking Critical Library) (1972) 207 copie, 3 recensioni
Of Mice and Men (New Longman Literature) (2000) 188 copie, 2 recensioni
The Grapes of Wrath (play) (1991) 179 copie, 2 recensioni
Zapata (1975) 170 copie, 2 recensioni
The Forgotten Village: Life in a Mexican Village (1941) 149 copie, 1 recensione
The Chrysanthemums and Other Stories (1937) 144 copie, 1 recensione
Of Mice and Men | Tortilla Flat (1973) — Autore — 119 copie, 1 recensione
The Murder (short story) (2005) 110 copie
The Vigilante (2018) 99 copie, 1 recensione
East of Eden (1 of 2) (1969) 71 copie, 2 recensioni
East of Eden (2 of 2) (1969) 69 copie, 1 recensione
ROBERT CAPA (Photo Library Series) (1989) — Collaboratore — 61 copie
The Pearl (Macmillan Reader Intermediate) (1947) — Autore — 58 copie, 2 recensioni
The Chrysanthemums [short story] (2007) 52 copie, 1 recensione
Of Mice and Men [Penguin Readers] (2001) 48 copie, 1 recensione
Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War (2012) — Autore — 45 copie, 1 recensione
The Moon is Down | Of Mice and Men (1937) 44 copie, 1 recensione
Great Modern Short Novels (1966) — Collaboratore — 41 copie, 1 recensione
The Grapes of Wrath (1) (1976) 38 copie
The Grapes of Wrath (2) (1976) 36 copie
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Of Mice and Men (Guided Reader) (1975) 30 copie, 1 recensione
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Of Men and Their Making (2002) 24 copie
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Flight (1979) 14 copie, 1 recensione
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Recensioni

Uno di quei libri talmente grandi che provare a scrivere qualcosa a riguardo sembra quasi riduttivo.
Capolavoro della maturità di Steinbeck, un romanzo-mondo in cui l'autore (come afferma lui stesso nella dedica) ha infilato tutto quel che ha; in esso convivono storia americana, brucianti passioni e gli ideali più alti del vivere. Se già con Furore aveva toccato vette altissime qui riesce a superarsi, ampliando il suo raggio d'azione dalla società all'uomo nel suo complesso e riscrivendone uno dei miti fondanti, quello di Caino e Abele. Si può dire che l'intera opera sia una rivalutazione di Caino, vero padre di un'umanità predestinata alla colpa e ad un perpetuo anelito di redenzione e di perfezione.
Scontato precisare che nonostante la profondità dei temi non è un libro eccessivamente didascalico, anzi è sempre vibrante di vita, con personaggi tridimensionali che sapranno coinvolgerci ed ammaliarci (su tutti la sfuggente Cathy-Kate, un enigma persino per se stessa)
Io non condivido del tutto il punto di vista espresso nell'opera, mi sembra un po' semplicistico ridurre la questione del peccato e della colpa all'innata imperfezione umana ed è molto "americana" l'idea che la sostanza di un uomo stia nella continua ricerca di miglioramento (non sempre e non solo, la vita non deve necessariamente tendere a qualcosa), ma già il fatto che un romanzo generi nel lettore riflessioni di tale portata la dice lunga sul suo valore. Letterariamente poi è una perla, la prosa di Steinbeck si conferma potentissima; forse ogni tanto si lascia prendere la mano e i toni si fanno un po' sentenziosi, ma resta uno dei migliori romanzi americani (e non solo) del '900.
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Lilirose_ | 425 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
Magistrale romanzo di Steinbeck tradotto da Elio Vittorini. Storie che intrecciano, di donne e di uomini di California. Storie di gioie e di frustrazioni che covano sotto vite apparentemente normali e che esplodono e si evolvono in tutta la loro drammaticità. Storie di miserie e di fortune, prive di eroi e protagonisti unici. Un libro intenso ma gradevole da leggere, grazie anche alla maestria del traduttore. Steinbeck insieme a Dos Passos ed altri sono stati punto di riferimento dei più grandi scrittori italiani del 900, che li hanno tradotti e raccontati al grande pubblico raccontando le miserie e le speranze dell'America.… (altro)
 
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GabrieleSc | 31 altre recensioni | Feb 20, 2022 |
Furore, diciannovesima edizione 1956, pp. 491, formato 12 x 20,5.
Copertina morbida di colore arancione con titoli in nero al piatto anteriore e sul dorso. Titolo originale: The grapes of wrath. Traduzione dall'americano di Carlo Coardi.
Strappi ai piatti e ai tagli.
 
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Luciani | 475 altre recensioni | Apr 4, 2021 |

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Susan Shillinglaw Introduction
Gary Sinise Narrator
Clara Eggink Translator
Jouko Linturi Translator
Elisabeth Rotten Übersetzer, Translator
Luigi Sampietro Editor, Introduction
Ben Stahl Cover artist
Brian Sanders Cover artist
Fletcher Martin Illustrator
Michele Mari Translator
Ayşe Ece Translator
Wil Verhoeven Afterword
John T. Winterich Introduction
Frank Muller Narrator
Bonnie Christensen Illustrator
Alice Schrijver Translator
Dylan Baker Narrator
Mario Andreose Afterword
Jody Hewgill Cover artist
Bob Crofut Illustrator
Studs Terkel Introduction
Carlo Coardi Translator
Thomas Hart Benton Illustrator
Jerry Farden Narrator
Roger Kastel Cover artist
Richard Poe Narrator
Harry Kahn Translator
David Wyatt Introduction
Rudolf Frank Translator
Elio Vittorini Translator
Linda Wagner-Martin Introduction
Francisco Baldiz Translator
Jaap Goedegebuure Introduction
Nils Lie Translator
Philip Waechter Cover artist
Krastan Dyankov Translator
Kristen Haff Cover designer
Jay Parini Introduction
M.M. Duvivier Translator
Iris Foerster Translator
Paul Farber Photographer
Don Freeman Cover artist
Thomas C. Fensch Introduction
Thomas Fensch Introduction
Apie Prins Translator
Max Morise Traduction
John Seelye Introduction
Marcel Duhamel Traduction
Wesley Dennis Illustrator
Henri Galeron Illustrator
Mahlon Blaine Cover artist
Brenno Silveira Translator
Donald V. Coers Introduction
Tjebbo Hemelrijk Translator
William Low Cover artist
Frank Lieberman Cover artist
Darrell K. Sweet Cover artist
Jaya Miceli Cover artist
Sanford Kossin Cover artist
Warren French Introduction
Gary Scharnhorst Introduction
Eugenio Montale Translator
Holter Graham Narrator
John H. Timmerman Introduction
Richard Astro Introduction
Todor Valchev Translator
James Nagel Introduction
Ángela Pérez Translator
Frans Bijlsma Translator
Susan F. Beegel Introduction
Mark Bowden Introduction
Robert Capa Photographer
John Ditsky Introduction
Lewis Gannett Introduction
Charles Wollenberg Introduction
John Swope Photographer
Scott Aiello Narrator
James H. Meredith Introduction
Julia Malye Translator
Mirjam Pressler Translator
大久保 康雄 Translator

Statistiche

Opere
390
Opere correlate
175
Utenti
183,244
Popolarità
#27
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
3,077
ISBN
2,407
Lingue
39
Preferito da
868

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