Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters Paperback - 1990
by John Steinbeck
Summary
Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good game."
Steinbeck's letters were written on the left-hand pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the test of East of Eden. They touched on many subjects—story arguments, trial flights of worknamship, concern for his sons.
Part autobiography, part writer's workshop, these letters offer an illuminating perspective on Steinbeck's creative process, and a fascinating glimpse of Steinbeck, the private man.
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- Title Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- Author John Steinbeck
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1990-12-01
- ISBN 9780140144185 / 0140144188
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.08 x 0.57 in (19.69 x 12.90 x 1.45 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Library of Congress subjects Steinbeck, John, Steinbeck, John - Diaries
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90039044
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.52
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"A sort of Travels with Charley across a more personal country." —The Boston Globe
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