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cannery row by john Steinbeck

this is my favorite novel and makes me feel all warm inside. i love how bittersweet it is in its portrayal of fuckups and forgiveness and trust in others and changing as a person but not as much as youd like to. profoundly human and beautiful.

@lexwalton

Dec 20, 2023

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grapes of wrath auth. john steinbeck

never knew what the 'great depression' rlly was and steinbeck taught me. vry informative, passionate, beautiful prose. highly recommend- especially to americans.

@letsgetiton1223

Sep 3, 2024

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Cannery row by john steinbeck

I jsut finished it, I got it cause steinbecks is from salines and I’ve always wanted to read a book about California from a dude from here. I’m glad I started with him and this book. It was so lovely. it’s isnt this crazy interesting novel with twists and turns and shock. It much simpler and maybe even more boring than that. But it’s the way that Steinbeck sets the scene of cannery row and describes the characters. You can’t get enough of it. You can feel the compassion that he writes with. He’s not exploiting anyone for an interesting chapter, or writing these larger than life characters. Instead their everyday people with everyday flaws. Steinbeck find the beauty humor and nature of them. Weaving together seamlessly. No rock is left unturned in terms of honoring the things Steinbeck wrote off. Even the smallest ocean dwellers being is dissected, observed and described in a way that feels honorable and realistically honest. He is compassionate and he finds the humor in these people. He writes of life honestly but with love and care. I felt like I was looking into the life of people I will never personally know but now have lived with. I feel like I have seen the Monterey of Steinbeck and he paints the people with a light and life that I will not easily forget.  So for a simple kind story id read this book and it’s not to long

@ganeev484

Apr 28, 2024

Top Recs from @mattshawsome

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no video on pi.fyi

this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing

@mattshawsome

Oct 5, 2024

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necessary endings

this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option

@mattshawsome

Mar 11, 2025

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realizing that at some point not so long ago you crossed an invisible line and now you're a different person, in a very good way

huh cool wow

@mattshawsome

Mar 27, 2025