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skoppelkam 's review for:
Travels with Charley in Search of America
by John Steinbeck
adventurous
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I read "Of Mice and Men" in high school English, thought it was fine. I never read "Grapes of Wrath" (probably should). I went on to ignore Steinbeck for all of my twenties (as one probably should) and then quite enjoyed this lil piece of pseudo-nonfiction (personally, I could care less if parts of a memoir are fictionalized or not, seeing as that's not the point). It turns out Steinbeck has a pretty good sense of humor and lots of timeless, banger one liners about American like:
"If this people has so atrophied its taste buds as to find tasteless food not only acceptable but desirable, what of the emotional life of the nation?"
"For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and of our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland."
"Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward."
"What I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless."
Plus an excellent dog character really rounds this out. I enjoyed this and it made me want to go on a roadtrip. He spent too much time on Maine but that was fine by me.
"If this people has so atrophied its taste buds as to find tasteless food not only acceptable but desirable, what of the emotional life of the nation?"
"For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and of our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland."
"Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward."
"What I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless."
Plus an excellent dog character really rounds this out. I enjoyed this and it made me want to go on a roadtrip. He spent too much time on Maine but that was fine by me.