{"product_id":"cannery-row","title":"Cannery Row","description":"\u003cb\u003eSteinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in 1945, \u003ci\u003eCannery Row \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the acceptance of life as it \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: \"Scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed . . . and, at the darkest level . . . the terror of isolation and nothingness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0140187375\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780140187373\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Steinbeck, John, Shillinglaw, Susan, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Feb 1994)","offer_id":45660024570053,"sku":"9780140187373","price":17.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780140187373.jpg?v=1768916786","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/cannery-row","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}