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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
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ISBN13: 9780142000670 |
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Synopses & Reviews
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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 Lenny 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 also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands." A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films. Steinbeck?s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America?s most widely read and beloved novels.
Review:
"Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more than that; but it is that....In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story." The New York Times
Review:
"Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages....The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom." Chicago Tribune
Review:
"A short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction." Times Literary Supplement [London]
About the Author
No writer is more quintessentially American than John Steinbeck. Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.
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crowyhead, March 1, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
I didn't enjoy this NEARLY as much as I loved Cannery Row, but it was a lot better than I remember it being when I had to read it in highschool. The way Steinbeck gives you a sense of a character in just a few lines is really amazing, and the whole story is very biting and succinct. It's really hard to get over the sense of disaster looming over the book, though; once you've read a page, you know how the story is going to end (even if you haven't read it before), and this kind of gives the book the quality of a really well-crafted car wreck.
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Mr.Author, January 27, 2008 (view all comments by Mr.Author)
I hope to write a book as successful as Steinbeck’s Mice and Men
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in_reverie, July 11, 2007 (view all comments by in_reverie)
This is my favorite book of all time. Before reading this book I hated reading, but this book changed me, it made me fall in love with it.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780142000670
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- Cowboys
- Subject:
- Psychological fiction
- Subject:
- Ranch life
- Subject:
- Western stories
- Subject:
- Male friendship
- Subject:
- Salinas River Valley
- Subject:
- People with mental disabilities
- Subject:
- Literary
- Edition Description:
- John Steinbeck centennial ed.
- Series Volume:
- RP-599
- Publication Date:
- January 2002
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 103
- Dimensions:
- 8.42x5.66x.37 in. .32 lbs.
