Title: Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl)
Description: John Steinbeck has earned a place as one of America's most enduringly popular writers. Here, in the third volume of The Library of America's authoritative edition of his writings, are four novels that give ample evidence of his remarkable range and unique accessibility. The Moon is Down, inspired by refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe and widely circulated among resistance fighters during the war, vividly dramatizes the transformation of ordinary life under totalitarianism. Cannery Row's comic and bawdy evocation of the sardine-canning district of Montery has made it one of Steinbeck's best-loved books. The Pearl--is a haunting parables one that distills Steinbeck's long involvement with the people and culture of Mexico. [East of Eden](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23166W/East_of_Eden), perhaps Steinbeck's most ambitious work, is an epic exploration of his most anguished concerns, drawing on the Bible and a rich archive of local and family history spanning many generations.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, World War, 1939-1945, literary fiction, historical fiction, migrant labor, domestic fiction, depravity, beneficence, love, the struggle for acceptance, self-destruction, guilt, freedom, classics, Twins, Novela hogareña, Hermanos, Brothers, Fathers and sons, Classic Literature, Open Library Staff Picks, Sibling rivalry, Padre e hijo, Novela histórica, Rivaldad entre hermanos, open_syllabus_project, Niños de prostitutas, Rural families, Children of prostitutes, Ficción, Father-son relationship, American fiction (fictional works by one author), World war, 1939-1945, fiction
Places: United States, California, Salinas River Valley, Salinas, Valle del Río (California), Connecticut, Massachusetts, Northern California, Stanford University, San Francisco
People: The Trasks, The Hamiltons, Cain, Abel, Charles Trask, Adam Trask, Cyrus Trask, Cathy Ames, Caleb Trask, Aron Trask, Abra Bacon, Samuel Hamilton, Liza Hamilton, George Hamilton, Will Hamilton, Tom Hamilton, Joe Hamilton, Lizzie Hamilton, Una Hamilton, Dessie, Olive Hamilton, Mollie Hamilton, Mr. Edwards, Faye, Ethel, Joe Valery
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century