Burning Bright

The last of John SteinbeckÕs play-novelettes,ÊBurning BrightÊwas the authorÕs final attempt after 1937ÕsÊOf Mice and MenÊand 1942ÕsÊThe Moon is DownÊto create what he saw as a new, experimental literary form. ÊFour scenes, four people: the husband who yearns for a son, ignorant of his own sterility; the wife who commits adultery to fulfill her husbandÕs wish; the father of the child; and the outsider whose actions will affect them all. In this turn on a medieval morality play, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck casts an unwavering light on these four intertwined lives, revealing in their finely drawn circumstances the universal contours of vulnerability and passion, desperation and desire. This edition features an introduction and notes for further reading by Steinbeck scholar John Ditsky.Ê
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