by Winston Groom · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140816129
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«Forrest Gump» is the graded reader by Winston Groom, published by Pearson Education Limited in paperback (48 pages, in English).
Forrest Gump, a simple-minded man with a good heart, unwittingly traverses three decades of American history: college football player, soldier in Vietnam, shrimp boat businessman, and witness to key moments. His kindness and naivety leave a mark on those he meets, while he never stops searching for the love of his life.
The work belongs to the Penguin Readers series at level 3 (pre-intermediate, 1050 words), in an abridged edition with exercises for English learners; it was published in 1996.
Intended for pre-intermediate English learners and for readers approaching the language through simplified readings.
Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016).
