The Short Novels:
- Tortilla Flat
- Of Mice and Men
- The Moon is Down
- Cannery Row
- The Red Pony
- The Pearl
These works are all alight with the fire of the author's genius, whether they concern the hoboes of the Californian coast, the mute sufferings of Mexican and Indian fishermen, or the struggles of patriots on the sombre and embattled coast of Norway in wartime.