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    The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication

    Written by John Steinbeck

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

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    In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin's wife, Queen Marie, who "might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant"; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called "egg king" of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 19, 2016
    ISBN9780698406339
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    The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
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    John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck (Salinas, 1902 - Nueva York, 1968). Narrador y dramaturgo estadounidense. Estudió en la Universidad de Stanford, pero desde muy joven tuvo que trabajar duramente como albañil, jornalero rural, agrimensor o empleado de tienda. En la década de 1930 describió la pobreza que acompañó a la Depresión económica y tuvo su primer reconocimiento crítico con la novela Tortilla Flat, en 1935. Sus novelas se sitúan dentro de la corriente naturalista o del realismo social americano. Su estilo, heredero del naturalismo y próximo al periodismo, se sustenta sin embargo en una gran carga de emotividad en los argumentos y en el simbolismo presente en las situaciones y personajes que crea, como ocurre en sus obras mayores: De ratones y hombres (1937), Las uvas de la ira (1939) y Al este del Edén (1952). Obtuvo el premio Nobel en 1962.

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    • 4/5
      This is the book that made me a royalist when I was young.
    • 3/5
      A very humorous spoofy take on an ordinary man who is a star gazer being forced to become the King of France. And while it was quite cute and funny, I have to admit that I found myself skimming pages. It is very different than anything Steinbeck I have ever read before. And other than the above, it is really difficult to explain it. It was so different and I am such a Steinbeck fan that I think I just really could not get my head wrapped around it. There are the Christians, there are the Communist Christians, there are the Atheist Christians, there are the Christian Christians. And then there are the politics. This poor man wants nothing more than to be removed from this monarchy.I don't know how I really feel about this one. I don't know how to recommend it. It was..................different, funny, a spoof. Perhaps, I just didn't get it.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite of Stenbeck's books. Likely because it is a comedy.
    • 5/5
      No one I've talked to has ever heard of this Steinbeck short novel, but my friend Steve read it recently and knew I'd like it, so he sent me his copy. He was right. I loved it. Those of you who only know Steinbeck from Of Mice and Men or The Grapes of Wrath really owe it to yourselves to try this book or Cannery Row or Sweet Thursday just to get a taste of his lighter side. The cover copy on this one says, "John Steinbeck's Hilarious and Affectionate Spoof on French Politics, Texas Millionaires, Teen-Age Girl Novelists, Sex, and Other Human Frailties." It's as good a summation as any I could give you.There's a scene in this book that made me think of Monty Python's Life of Brian. Remember when they had the Judean People's Front, the Popular People's Front, the People's Front of Judea, etc.? Well, there's one in here where they have the Christian Communists, the Christian Christians, the Christian Atheists, etc. Made me laugh out loud.And any book that contains the sentence, "Luxembourg mobilized," is worth reading.