The Red Pony - Classic American Literature Novel by John Steinbeck | 20th Century Western Fiction Books for Adults | Perfect for Book Clubs & Literature Lovers

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A Penguin ClassicWritten at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero “matured” by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction, reversing common interpretations, The Red Ponyis imbued with a sense of loss. Jody’s encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbeck’s fiction: They are parts of the ongoing process of life, “resolving” nothing. The Red Pony was central not only to Steinbeck’s emergence as a major American novelist but to the shaping of a distinctly mid twentieth-century genre, opening up a new range of possibilities about the fictional presence of a child’s world. This edition contains an introduction by John Seelye.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.

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I discovered the works of John Steinbeck back in 1981-ish when I was trying to "expand my horizons" as a literate person trying to move on from shoddy works of horror, (which I still love reading) to more thought provoking and meaningful works of fiction. Of course several books by John Steinbeck were on this list of "MUST READS". Reading John for the first time was an awaking to me. I discovered that a good book was more than just being 17 and reading a story and hoping for cuss words...oh no...,as I discovered at 25, there is so much more to a good book. John became one of my favorites and I've read his works more than once. As I am now in a position to do some traveling, I began looking for was to travel and still enjoy a good book. Of course, the audiobook is perfect for this. Which brings me, finally, to The Red Ponys narrator, Frank Muller. I first heard Frank Muller as an audiobook narrator when I bought Stephen Kings Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three on Cassette for a trip from TX to MI. It was a case of, I"ll give this a try and see if if sucks or not. Let me tell you, it did not suck. Frank was the voice of Stephen King. He was also the voice for Charles Dickens and Herman Melville and Jack London and Pat Conroy. He knew how to tell a story and how to use his voice to take the listener by the hand and show what was happening. There are many good audiobook narrators, but none,(in my opinion) has ever reached the level of greatness that Frank did. That Frank is no longer with us makes me miss him more. There will be no more books read the way Frank read them. And that is the listeners loss. I am on my own quest now. And that is to find and purchase as many audiobooks narrated by Frank Muller as I can.This review, I suppose, is about two things. The wonderful story of Jody and his initiation into the world of death, birth, and disappointment as told by John Steinbeck, and Frank Mullers interpretation of Johns short novel. If you want to read a good story, you won't be disappointed reading John Steinbecks moving tale. If you want to hear the story, find this edition read by Frank Muller. Together, John and Frank will touch your heart and make you feel joy and loss and love and hurt.

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