The Wayward Bus
9 hrs. 53 min.
Language
Russian
Author
John Steinbeck
Author
John Steinbeck
Narrator
Igor Gmyza
Narrator
Igor Gmyza
Description
"Hearken, gentlemen, with due care—
These fables’ wise admonitions…"
John Steinbeck clearly chose not by chance this brilliant, simple, and deeply psychological novel with an epigraph from an old moral tale. The passengers of a run-down bus, who are going to spend one day together in each other’s company, seem as if they’ve stepped out of the pages of a medieval play—so precisely does each of them match one of the typical images of provincial America in the mid-20th century.
A prosperous businessman who never managed to get rid of the nightmarish memories of the war. An unattractive young dreamer trying to revive gray everyday life with syrupy Hollywood tales. A highly proper family that is “unhappy in its own way.” A rude teenager with funny hopes and dreams… And yet there are also people—people, each of them ordinary to the point of banality, and at the same time unique.
These fables’ wise admonitions…"
John Steinbeck clearly chose not by chance this brilliant, simple, and deeply psychological novel with an epigraph from an old moral tale. The passengers of a run-down bus, who are going to spend one day together in each other’s company, seem as if they’ve stepped out of the pages of a medieval play—so precisely does each of them match one of the typical images of provincial America in the mid-20th century.
A prosperous businessman who never managed to get rid of the nightmarish memories of the war. An unattractive young dreamer trying to revive gray everyday life with syrupy Hollywood tales. A highly proper family that is “unhappy in its own way.” A rude teenager with funny hopes and dreams… And yet there are also people—people, each of them ordinary to the point of banality, and at the same time unique.
