Corbin Wright’s Reviews > East of Eden > Status Update

Steinbeck might be THE American great.

“It is a triumph of self-control to see a man whipped until the muscles of his back show white and glistening through the cuts and to give no sign of pity or anger or interest. And Adam learned this.”

“If the style of dress is an absurdity, it is pain and sorrow to a child not to wear that absurdity.”

“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric.”