Status Updates From Travels with Charley: In Se...

He’s just come left Chicago and he met with his wife there, but not much is said about the meet. Steinbeck talks about random things in his life. He brings up that he realises loneliness can hurt sometimes. He mentions he talks to Charley a lot of the time about the day to day life. One of the things ‘discussed’ is the topic of things being more basic eg: no good novels only ones about homicide for example

"No puedes volver a casa, porque la casa sólo existe ya en las bolsas de naftalina del recuerdo"