Book description
This collection of letters forms a fascinating day-by-day account of
Steinbeck's writing of EAST OF EDEN, his longest and most ambitious
novel. The letters, ranging over many subjects - textual discussion,
trial flights of workmanship, family matters - provide an illuminating
perspective on Steinbeck, the creative genius, and a private glimpse of
Steinbeck, the man. Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is
remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the
twentieth century. His complete works are available in Penguin Modern
Classics.
