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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

John Steinbeck

Start date: January 15, 2024

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Dec 26, 2007 Anne rated it really liked it

Every once in awhile, I force myself to read a classic that I should have read years ago. I remembered reading East of Eden in high school and loving it, so I thought I'd pick up another Steinbeck gem. From the first page, I was hooked by Steinbeck's writing. It seems so simple, but he captures everything so perfectly. Cannery Row takes place on a small street Monterey, California, and focuses on the people who live out their lives there - most notably, Lee Chong, the Asian grocer, Mack - the le ...more

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Sep 24, 2009 J.D. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a great little book that tells of the people in Cannery Row and the way in which they interact with one another. There is a part in the middle of this book that made me laugh more than I had for quite some time while reading a book. His excellent description of characters and setting help you imagine the interaction they share together in this small community.

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May 09, 2015 Melissa rated it it was amazing

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Never read this Steinbeck in HS (after killing us with Grapes of Wrath I bailed on this and read The Pearl bc it was shorter).

Glad I waited until now. Beautiful interpolation of connected short story-ish chapters and nature writing.

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