John Steinbeck Livres

Evoque la misère psychologique de deux journaliers dans un ranch de la vallée de Salinas. Le dossier permet une approche du roman comme peinture de la société et propose des groupements de textes stylistiques et thématiques. Une lecture d'image autour de Dos de D. Lange permet une approche pluridisciplinaire de l'ouvrage

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." -- New York Herald Tribune Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey,California and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. These "knights" are paisanos, men of mixed heritage, whose ancestors settled California hundreds of years before. Free of ties to jobs and other complications of the American way of life, they fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil in the surrounding ocean of civil rectitude. As Steinbeck chronicles their deeds--their multiple loves, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him.

Jouant de sa lame comme d'un levier, il le fit céder et le coquillage s'ouvrit. Les lèvres de chair se crispèrent puis se détendirent. Kino souleva le repli et la perle était là, la grosse perle, parfaite comme une lune. Elle accrochait la lumière, la purifiait et la renvoyait dans une incandescence argentée. Elle était aussi grosse qu'un œuf de mouette. C'était plus la grosse perle du monde.

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.