num_pages: 182
description: Each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing East of Eden and a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor of 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-handed pages of a notebook in which the facing pages would be filled with the text of East of Eden. They touched on many subjects - story arguements, trial flights of workmanship, 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.
language: English
title: Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
titlecomplete: Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
genres: American, Biography, Literature, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Writing, Memoir, Books About Books, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1499
publisher: Penguin Books