The Long Valley

by John Steinbeck Narrated by Holter Graham

Overview

A Penguin Classic

First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck's characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present. Included here are the O. Henry Prize-winning story “The Murder”; “The Chrysanthemums,” perhaps Steinbeck's most challenging story, both personally and artistically; “Flight,” “The Snake,” “The White Quail,” and the classic tales of “The Red Pony.” With an introduction and notes by John H. Timmerman.

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Editorial Reviews

DECEMBER 2012 - AudioFile

Does anyone still read John Steinbeck? This collection presents a strong argument that we should. Even if some of the stories— particularly “The Raid” and “The Murder”—show their age, Steinbeck's concerns, language, and powers of observation still deserve our attention. They deserve a fine narrator, too, and Holter Graham gives the language and characters subtle interpretations that draw us in and give us room to form our own understanding. His accents and voices are well chosen, but even the strong characters must share their positions with Steinbeck's wonderful sense of place. Geographic setting, always important in his work, is never more so than here in these stories of his native Salinas Valley. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century. (The Dallas Morning News) A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him. (Don DeLillo)"

DECEMBER 2012 - AudioFile

Does anyone still read John Steinbeck? This collection presents a strong argument that we should. Even if some of the stories— particularly “The Raid” and “The Murder”—show their age, Steinbeck's concerns, language, and powers of observation still deserve our attention. They deserve a fine narrator, too, and Holter Graham gives the language and characters subtle interpretations that draw us in and give us room to form our own understanding. His accents and voices are well chosen, but even the strong characters must share their positions with Steinbeck's wonderful sense of place. Geographic setting, always important in his work, is never more so than here in these stories of his native Salinas Valley. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169176070
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Penguin Audio Classics
Edition description:	Unabridged

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