Of Mice and Men Prebound - 1993

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.

An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own—a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry.  Of Mice and Men explores themes of human interaction, dependence, and the damaging effects of isolation. (Goodreads)

They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of lonelinss and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. "A thriller, a gripping tale...that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times

Detalles

• Título Of Mice and Men
• Autor John Steinbeck
• Encuadernación Prebound
• Edición First Thus
• Páginas 112
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Turtleback Books, Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A
• Fecha de publicación 1993-09-01
• ISBN 9780881030372 / 0881030376
• Peso 0.29 libras (0.13 kg)
• Dimensiones 7.24 x 4.26 x 0.53 pulgadas (18.39 x 10.82 x 1.35 cm)
• Nivel de lectura 630
• Temas
  • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
  • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
  • Cultural Region: West Coast
  • Geographic Orientation: California
• Library of Congress subjects Western stories, Psychological fiction
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC