Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck

Cannery Row: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

Like Steinbeck's other works, Cannery Row combines literary realism with a little bit of magic. Steinbeck was largely concerned with portraying the realities of life in the American West during the early 20th century, and in order to do so, he drew on real locations and the real socioeconomic conditions of the time.