At its best, Steinbeck's writing has the pith of vernacular speech.最佳之处在于，斯坦贝克的作品掌握了白话文的精髓。John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。Hemingway and Steinbeck were masters of fiction.海明威和斯坦贝克是小说大师。