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mfferro 's review for:
Travels with Charley in Search of America
by John Steinbeck
Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time, and as someone who's spent many hours driving across America with a dog this year, this book was that for me.
Steinbeck, like many before and many after him, set out in a car to discover the people and places of his home country - and there's really nothing more American than the voyager's road trip in pursuit of external and internal discovery.
Steinbeck quickly realizes the folks he encounters represent no monolith and he will return with brief vignettes and nothing more. What I found most profound was his descriptions of the country's boastful landscapes - especially the desert and Texas. It's so hard for words to do justice to these vast, plentiful landscapes of nothingness. But in that, Steinbeck and this work are ultimately successful
Steinbeck, like many before and many after him, set out in a car to discover the people and places of his home country - and there's really nothing more American than the voyager's road trip in pursuit of external and internal discovery.
Steinbeck quickly realizes the folks he encounters represent no monolith and he will return with brief vignettes and nothing more. What I found most profound was his descriptions of the country's boastful landscapes - especially the desert and Texas. It's so hard for words to do justice to these vast, plentiful landscapes of nothingness. But in that, Steinbeck and this work are ultimately successful