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The last of John Steinbeck's play-novelettes and his final attempt, after 1937's Of Mice and Men and 1942's The Moon is Down, to create what he saw as a new, experimental literary form

This is the story of a husband who yearns for a son, ignorant of his own sterility; a wife who commits adultery to fulfill her husband's wishes; the father of the child; and the outsider whose actions affect them all.

'A man can't scrap his bloodline, can't snip the thread of immortality.' Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His beautiful,... Read Full Overview

The last of John Steinbeck s play-novelettes, Burning Bright was the author s final attempt after 1937 s Of Mice and Men and 1942 s The Moon is Down to create what he saw as a new, experimental literary form. Four scenes, four people: the husband who yearns for a son, ignorant... Read Full Overview