YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 month agoDiscussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026message-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareGibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI picked up a book called The Pearl by Steinbeck. I’ve read it before but I revisit it every few years. It’s short, but probably the most powerful allegory on capitalism I’ve ever read.
minus-squareLowExperience2368@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWow. Will add this to reading list.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoomg, another Steinbeck reader 😊 he is pretty much one of my favourite writers, his style has been a great influence on me he writes as simply as possible using everyday prose to evoke powerful imagery it’s so hard to do, you have to be precise , every word counts, he rarely uses idioms it does have a down side, stupid people think that if something is easy to read then it obviously cant have deep meaning or be valuable or powerful,
What are you reading?
I picked up a book called The Pearl by Steinbeck. I’ve read it before but I revisit it every few years.
It’s short, but probably the most powerful allegory on capitalism I’ve ever read.
Wow. Will add this to reading list.
omg, another Steinbeck reader 😊
he is pretty much one of my favourite writers, his style has been a great influence on me
he writes as simply as possible using everyday prose to evoke powerful imagery
it’s so hard to do, you have to be precise , every word counts, he rarely uses idioms
it does have a down side, stupid people think that if something is easy to read then it obviously cant have deep meaning or be valuable or powerful,