--- product_id: 10665880 title: "Cannery Row (Penguin Drop Caps) Hardcover – April 23, 2014" brand: "john steinbeckjessica hische" price: "AR$100038" currency: ARS in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/10665880-cannery-row-penguin-drop-caps-hardcover-april-23-2014 store_origin: AR region: Argentina --- # Cannery Row (Penguin Drop Caps) Hardcover – April 23, 2014 **Brand:** john steinbeckjessica hische **Price:** AR$100038 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cannery Row (Penguin Drop Caps) Hardcover – April 23, 2014 by john steinbeckjessica hische - **How much does it cost?** AR$100038 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.ar](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/10665880-cannery-row-penguin-drop-caps-hardcover-april-23-2014) ## Best For - john steinbeckjessica hische enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted john steinbeckjessica hische brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Cannery Row (Penguin Drop Caps) Hardcover – April 23, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41emUO23egL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite comfort reads *by L***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 28, 2022* I read Cannery Row for the first time at the beginning of my teens -- I'm guessing I was thirteen years old, but who knows? Cannery Row and the sequel Sweet Thursday became two of my favorite comfort reads. I read them over and over in high school. I just bought them for kindle and am planning to revisit and see how much difference 50 years perspective makes.If you're used to such John Steinbeck classics as The Grapes of Wrath or Of Mice and Men, you may find Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday surprising. They are far more upbeat and fun than most of Steinbeck's other works. The characters are still the lowlifes of his other works, but the stories are more about their joys than their sorrows.I just finished the reread. It is always a scary thing to do, to read an old favorite after fifty years. That is especially true when it was written in the first half of the twentieth century. We definitely raise an eyebrow. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The reason for this, I think, it that Steinbeck reports, usually without judging. Much of what he reports is horrifying, but he doesn't try to pretend that it isn't. If you want to know what the world was like in 1945 (and I do), then it is good to be able to read about it. As always, YMMV.I have to modify one thing I wrote above. I said, "the stories are more about their joys than their sorrows". While I will stick by that, the difference is not as large as I remembered. There is a lot of sorrow in Cannery Row. There is death, and worse than death. Even with that, it is still a comfort read for me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful American Tragicomedy *by S***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2006* Steinbeck resists the pessimistic strain that runs through much 20th-century literature of alienation and despair. His is essentially a positive, "comic" vision in that he affirms the human community, all the more so if it comprises outcasts and eccentrics who reject the conventions and materialist values of the dominant culture in favor of the more "natural" as well as mystic order represented by Doc. Mack and the boys, along with most of the other inhabitants of Cannery Row, embody a democratic, inclusive social order founded on genuine diversity--of character and lifestyle more than color, ethnicity, or religion. In fact, they have much in common with the lovable and vital mischief makers of Shakespeare's King Henry IV plays, though Steinbeck's Doc cannot bring himself to be as heartless as Shakespeare's Prince Hal. Falstaff and company are allowed to remain in Steinbeck's version. They're as essential to the vitality and strength of the human community as the debris that contributes to the cycle of life represented by the tide pools.One striking example of Steinbeck's worldview is the automobile. Unlike Fitzgerald's symbol of American aspiration and status, of danger and tragedy, Steinbeck's machine is distinguished by the working symmetry of its parts and by its relation to resourceful, inventive human beings capable of adapting and modifying it to their own purposes--which aren't primarily selfish but directed toward the survival and celebration of the community which it serves. Gay's mechanical expertise inspires the narrator in Chapter 11 to proclaim: "Two generations of Americans knew more about the Ford coil than the ..., about the planetary system of gears than the solar system of stars. With the Model T, part of the concept of private property disappeared."Chapter 18, it strikes me, contains some of the best writing in all of Steinbeck. Doc, like Steinbeck, is a collector of specimens, but the sight of a dead girl that confronts him here discourages any action associated with acquisition or even representation. It's an expanded, mystical moment in which the author manages to suggest the inextricable relation between life and death, the suspension of the narrative matching the reader's wonder and amazement before a universe that surpasses human understanding.It's a rather utopian view, or cosmos, but Steinbeck makes it work while aligning himself with forbears like Whitman, Twain, and Sandburg--all of whom drew inspiration from the American community as a microcosm of life and nature, rooted in a deep belief in the sanctity of life and the inherent capacity of human beings for kindness and tolerance. "Our Father who art in Nature" is the narrator's invocation in the second chapter, and the story that follows reveals this Creative Spirit's unlikely incarnations in everyday experience and the natural world.Throughout the final chapters, the theme of community counterbalances an equal emphasis on the tragic and the elegiac. Even as Mack and company finally throw a successful party for Doc, the guest of honor keeps coming back to the haunting ancient poem, "Black Marigolds." In a universe that can be ruthlessly impersonal, taking away as much as it gives, it is the spirit of poetry, Steinbeck seems to be saying, that helps us share and even repair loss, linking us to one another in our tears as well as our laughter. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars John Steinbeck knows how to tell a story *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2023* Fun book to read. Times have changed but Cannery Row sounds like it used to be a very interesting place to live. I loved all the descriptions of the sea shore and the sea life in the tide pools near Monterey Bay. ## Frequently Bought Together - Random House Books for Young Readers Cannery Row - East of Eden: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) - The Grapes of Wrath --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/10665880-cannery-row-penguin-drop-caps-hardcover-april-23-2014](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/10665880-cannery-row-penguin-drop-caps-hardcover-april-23-2014) --- *Product available on Desertcart Argentina* *Store origin: AR* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*