Reddit reviews Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Monterey is the setting for American writer John Steinbeck's (best!) novels Tortilla Flat (1935), Cannery Row (1945), and Sweet Thursday (1954).

Born in Providence, RI on March 14, 1889. Basinet was a pupil of Hugo Bruel, Jean Goucher, Antonio Cremonini, Angelo Carducci, and David Siqueiros. He lived in both Monterey and Los Angeles during the late 1930s. He died in the latter on Oct. 9, 1956. Member: LA AA; Charcoal Club (LA); Bloc Mural Painters (LA). Exh: American Artists Congress (LA), 1938. In: USC; NMAA; Gaelic School (Dublin, Ireland).

Sources:

• Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
  
  
• Who's Who in American Art 1938-41; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy).
  
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I saw your comment a day ago, but I didn't really know how to respond to it, since it is a slightly odd book request. The sad matter of fact is that reading a book isn't going to suddenly change how you act and others perceive you. Nonetheless, literature can aid you perhaps in thinking about intentions vs perception/reality. Here are a few books I thought about that talk about that, with characters you may be able to relate to.

• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
  
  
• Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. Not exactly on the theme entirely, but I think it could be read as a novel about our perceived world. Good book nonetheless.
  
  
• Under the Volcano A bit more difficult read dealing with alcoholism and rehabilitation of relationships, specifically overcoming our personal obstacles for something we desire. Very beautifully written.
  
  
• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf explores relationships and how we connect to other humans. Very beautifully written. Alternative possibility, To the Lighthouse
  
  I wish you all the best.