Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form (Penguin Classics)

Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form (Penguin Classics)

The last of John Steinbeckâ€™s play-novelettes, Burning Bright was the authorâ€™s final attempt after 1937â€™s Of Mice and Men and 1942â€™s The Moon is Down to create what he saw as a new, experimental literary form. Â Four scenes, four people: the husband who yearns for a son, ignorant of his own sterility; the wife who commits adultery to fulfill her husbandâ€™s wish; the father of the child; and the outsider whose actions will affect them all. In this turn on a medieval morality play, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck casts an unwavering light on these four intertwined lives, revealing in their finely drawn circumstances the universal contours of vulnerability and passion, desperation and desire. This edition features an introduction and notes for further reading by Steinbeck scholar John Ditsky.Â

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 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.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143039440
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2006-11-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143039440

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143039440
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2006-11-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143039440

Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form (Penguin Classics)

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