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Although John Steinbeck novels are light on plot, they are heavy on social commentary, a sense of place, and violence (which is kept at a low boil, and doesn't spoil the book). Cannery Row is peopled with an array of colorful characters, whom we get to know and love.
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I'm always amazed at just how good Steinbeck is at capturing a certain time and place. Makes me crave getting back to Monterey, but mostly I was wondering if there is any such communities that could be subjected to novelization in 21st Century America. I was left with a nagging sense of loss, even though, in many ways, things are significantly better and not lost at all. The novel was more a snapshot of people and of a time, really lacking much of a plot, but still felt profound and almost mythi
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I've become a big fan of Steinbeck's style and his gift for capturing that undefinable mesh that holds a community together. His language isn't necessarily flowery or showy, but you absolutely pick up the sense that each word is carefully chosen to evoke something very specific.
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I haven't read much Steinbeck, but this was an interesting one after having been to Monterrey peninsula and seen the place he wrote about. It is a lot more upscale these days.
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"Cannery Row ...is a poem, a tink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream."
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