Viajes Con Charley - by John Steinbeck (Paperback)

About the Book

I took a companion on my journey: an old and gentlemanly French poodle named Charley. Well, his real name is Charles le Chien. He was born in Bercy, on the outskirts of Paris, and was educated in France, and although he knows a bit of poodle English, he only responds quickly to commands in French. If he has to translate, it slows him down. He's a very large poodle, in a color known as bleu, and he really does look blue when he's clean. Charley is a born diplomat. He prefers negotiation to fighting--which is fortunate, because he's a terrible fighter. In 1960, Steinbeck, accompanied by his dog Charley, traveled over 16,000 kilometers across thirty-four states in his camper van Rocinante. Along the way, he spoke with truck drivers and farmers, sensing the fears and hopes of his fellow Americans. This delightful book, which became a bestseller in his country, was published shortly before he received the Nobel Prize in 1962.

About the Author

John Steinbeck (Salinas, 1902 - Nueva York, 1968). Narrador y dramaturgo estadounidense. Estudió en la Universidad de Stanford, pero desde muy joven tuvo que trabajar duramente como albañil, jornalero rural, agrimensor o empleado de tienda. En la década de 1930 describió la pobreza que acompañó a la Depresión económica y tuvo su primer reconocimiento crítico con la novela Tortilla Flat, en 1935. Sus novelas se sitúan dentro de la corriente naturalista o del realismo social americano. Su estilo, heredero del naturalismo y próximo al periodismo, se sustenta sin embargo en una gran carga de emotividad en los argumentos y en el simbolismo presente en las situaciones y personajes que crea, como ocurre en sus obras mayores: De ratones y hombres (1937), Las uvas de la ira (1939) y Al este del Edén (1952). Obtuvo el premio Nobel en 1962.