john steinbeck – Arthurian Legends

I’ve been thinking about whether or not to buy Steinbeck’s Arthur book. Is it any good?

It’s been a while since I’ve read it, but I remember liking it quite a bit. I was very disappointed by the incomplete ending, as he couldn’t finish the book.

I usually divide novels in two categories: Retellings of Malory (like Steinbeck’s book, Howard Pyle etc), vs Re-imaginations of arthuriana (like Mary Stewart, Nancy McKenzie, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elizabeth Wein etc). I am quite fond of the second category, while I find the first category less exciting.

Still, Steinbeck definitely puts much of his own amazing writing skill in this retelling (I love his other novels too, he is a great author).

eclogues:

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, John Steinbeck

al-fletcher:

mirrorfalls:

boykeats:

“So many scholars have spent so much time trying to establish whether Arthur existed at all that they have lost track of the single truth that he exists over and over.”

— John Steinbeck

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