Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
Taste attributes: dramacomedyslowfresh & originalheavylinearenclosedemotive & stirringunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentary
Boxlist takeOriginal and unhurried: a heavy novel. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there. Steinbeck revisited these characters and this milieu nine years later in his novel Sweet Thursday.
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- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 188
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