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The Pastures of Heaven

John Steinbeck

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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Jul 25, 2020 Chrissie rated it really liked it

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Steinbeck gives us here a novel consisting of twelve interconnected stories. Characters you meet in one story turn up in another. By the end you know the inhabitants of Corral de Tierra valley in Monterey, California, and you know them well. It is a beautiful fertile valley, and it does exist. Although it may appear to be “the pastures of heaven”, as the title indicates, life in the valley has the difficulties one finds elsewhere.

It took me awhile to get into this book. The stories don’t seem to ...more

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Jan 24, 2020 Laurene rated it it was amazing

I have always been a fan of John Steinbeck. I have read, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice And Men, and thought they were exceptional. Pastures Of Heaven is about a small area known as "Las Pasturas del Cielo" located in central California and the families who reside there. I experienced a roller coaster of emotions as I was thrown in these families lives. The beginning -- the ending -- all the pages in-between make the Pastures Of Heaven an exceptional novel.

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