by John Steinbeck · Penguin Group USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140188295
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«Of Mice and Men» is the short novel by John Steinbeck, published by Penguin Group USA in paperback (107 pages, in English).
During the Great Depression, George Milton and Lennie Small are two migrant workers travelling through California looking for work. George is shrewd; Lennie, huge and innocent in manner, cannot control his strength. Together they dream of owning their own farm, but a serious incident endangers that plan and their friendship.
Novel originally published in 1937; this edition came out in July 1997 and is a classic of American literature.
A short, brisk read, suitable for the general reader wanting to approach John Steinbeck's fiction.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
