{"product_id":"zapata-paperback","title":"Zapata - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Steinbeck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert E. Morsberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert E. Morsberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Commentaries by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore there was \u003cb\u003eViva Zapata!\u003c\/b\u003e, the acclaimed film for which John Steinbeck received Academy Award nominations for best story and screenplay, there was the original \u003cb\u003eZapata\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the research library of UCLA, James Robertson unearthed Steinbeck's original narraive of the life of Emiliano Zapato, \"the Little Tiger,\" champion of the peasants during the Mexican Revolution. This story, upon which Steinbeck based his classic script \u003cb\u003eViva Zapata!\u003c\/b\u003e, brilliantly captures the conflict between creative dissent and intolerant militancy to give us both a timesless social statement and an invaluable work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new volume includes the screenplay, with copious notes by the film's acclaimed director, Elia Kazan, as well as Steinbeck's captivating narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Steinbeck\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel, \u003ci\u003eCup of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e (1929). After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books, \u003ci\u003eThe Pastures of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e (1932) and \u003ci\u003eTo a God Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), and worked on short stories later collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Long Valley \u003c\/i\u003e(1938). Popular success and financial security came only with \u003ci\u003eTortilla Flat\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), stories about Monterey's paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class: \u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Battle \u003c\/i\u003e(1936), \u003ci\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), and the book considered by many his finest, \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e (1939). \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than 30 years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert E. Morsberger\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of English at California State Polytechnic University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52503797793075,"sku":"9780140173222","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6tSzAN6rbY9780140173222.webp?v=1760183544","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/zapata-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}