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omg, another Steinbeck reader ๐
he is pretty much one of my favourite writers, his style has been a great influence on me
he writes as simply as possible using everyday prose to evoke powerful imagery
it's so hard to do, you have to be precise , every word counts, he rarely uses idioms
it does have a down side, stupid people think that if something is easy to read then it obviously cant have deep meaning or be valuable or powerful,
I read cannery row when I was in high school and got hooked. And I agree he uses very natural language with very little purple prose.
Some of those earlier American authors were amazing.