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I find Steinbeck hard to digest. Tom Send a noteboard - 27/04/2011 05:05:45 AM
He puts a "spin" on things that I'm not sure is always present. There is a darker side to human nature and there is a place for his criticisms, but he was far too Marxist for me to enjoy at any age, other than his Travels with Charley, which is a grand piece of Americana.

Regardless of my opinion, though, go back and re-read him if you think there might be a reason to!
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Remarque, Im Westen Nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front) - 26/04/2011 06:16:11 PM 8591 Views
I read it when I was probably too young, too. - 26/04/2011 06:36:07 PM 1922 Views
The last chapters really seem rushed to me, even now. - 26/04/2011 06:43:23 PM 1874 Views
I want to read it now, so I think this was a good review. - 26/04/2011 08:03:30 PM 1981 Views
I find Steinbeck hard to digest. - 27/04/2011 05:05:45 AM 1850 Views
Travels with Charley is indeed great. - 27/04/2011 06:06:18 AM 1943 Views
He can also be inconsistent, but that makes him interesting to me. - 27/04/2011 06:47:25 AM 2108 Views
Whyever not? - 27/04/2011 07:13:56 PM 1937 Views
I was going to say that too - 27/04/2011 08:23:36 PM 1759 Views
Be sure to read the two books that immediately follow it - 26/04/2011 11:41:53 PM 2008 Views
The latter of the two is already on my "to read" list. - 27/04/2011 05:03:49 AM 1759 Views
Love that book - 27/04/2011 04:49:51 PM 1795 Views
Wait... - 27/04/2011 04:58:58 PM 1840 Views
Wow - 27/04/2011 10:17:55 PM 1972 Views
*NM* - 28/04/2011 09:18:26 PM 859 Views

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