La corriera stravagante

steinbeck pulverizes me. i'm not the type to get choked up by calling-card commercials or whose heart swells with the violins at the end of a sappy movie, but steinbeck has a heart-seeking missile aimed directly at me, and he knows just how to find my emotional center. this has always been my favori Leggi tutto

The Wayward Bus isn’t the best novel in John Steinbeck ’s oeuvre but there is something charming in it. Man is a transitory being, and life is a journey, and we all ride in the same huge bus of the world… Louie went back toward the front. His eyes had caught a girl coming in from the street. She was ca Leggi tutto

i saw Dusty reading this and asked him what it was all about. he said it was hard to say, it was about life and people and what a countertop looks like and what a place feels like and how people think or not-think. at least i imagine that's what he said, its been a month or so. he also said that Ste Leggi tutto

John Steinbeck is one of my favourite writers. The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden - masterpieces all. Even his less “important” novels like Cannery Row and its sequel Sweet Thursday, as well as his nonfiction book, Travels with Charley, where he goes on an RV tour of America with his Leggi tutto