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Set in familiar Steinbeck territory, To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and, ultimately, to understand the ways of God.
John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel,Ā Cup of GoldĀ (1929). After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books,Ā The Pastures of HeavenĀ (1932) andĀ To a God UnknownĀ (1933), and worked on short stories later collected inĀ The Long ValleyĀ (1938). Popular success and financial security came only withĀ Tortilla FlatĀ (1935), stories about Montereyās paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class:Ā In Dubious BattleĀ (1936),Ā Of Mice and MenĀ (1937), and the book considered by many his finest,Ā The Grapes of WrathĀ (1939).Ā The Grapes of WrathĀ won both theĀ National Book AwardĀ and theĀ Pulitzer PrizeĀ in 1939.Steinbeck received theĀ Nobel Prize in LiteratureĀ in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with theĀ United States Medal of FreedomĀ by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than 30 years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.
Robert DeMott, editor, is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University and author ofĀ Steinbeck's Typewriter, an award-winning book of critical essays.
Jonathan DavisĀ is a critically acclaimed narrator and voice-over actor. He is a threeātime winner and tenātime nominee of the coveted Audie Award. Davisās documentary narration credits include films and programming for National Geographic Television, National Geographic Channel, VH1, and PBS. His voice can also be heard in commercials, video games, and animation.
John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel,Ā Cup of GoldĀ (1929). After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books,Ā The Pastures of HeavenĀ (1932) andĀ To a God UnknownĀ (1933), and worked on short stories later collected inĀ The Long ValleyĀ (1938). Popular success and financial security came only withĀ Tortilla FlatĀ (1935), stories about Montereyās paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class:Ā In Dubious BattleĀ (1936),Ā Of Mice and MenĀ (1937), and the book considered by many his finest,Ā The Grapes of WrathĀ (1939).Ā The Grapes of WrathĀ won both theĀ National Book AwardĀ and theĀ Pulitzer PrizeĀ in 1939.Steinbeck received theĀ Nobel Prize in LiteratureĀ in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with theĀ United States Medal of FreedomĀ by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than 30 years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.
Robert DeMott, editor, is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University and author ofĀ Steinbeck's Typewriter, an award-winning book of critical essays.
Jonathan DavisĀ is a critically acclaimed narrator and voice-over actor. He is a threeātime winner and tenātime nominee of the coveted Audie Award. Davisās documentary narration credits include films and programming for National Geographic Television, National Geographic Channel, VH1, and PBS. His voice can also be heard in commercials, video games, and animation.