Journal of a Novel: The 'East of Eden' Letters
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0330233602
- ISBN 13
- 9780330233606
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About This Item
While writing his first novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck kept a note-book addressed to his friend and editor, Pascal Covici. Concerned with his everyday joys and fears, from his minor obsessions to his deepest convictions, and of course with the novel he felt to be the epitome of his art, this journal - never intended for publication - gives a truly fascinating insight into Steinbeck the author and Steinbeck the man.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Ivy Court Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124
- Title
- Journal of a Novel: The 'East of Eden' Letters
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Format/Binding
- Very slight superficial wear to cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330233602
- ISBN 13
- 9780330233606
- Publisher
- Pan Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 223