Of Mice and Men
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
Words:
30531
Flesch:
106.89
DDC:
813.52
FAST Tags:
Men,
Friendship,
Male friendship,
California,
California--Salinas River Valley,
Cowboys,
People with mental disabilities,
Ranch life
LCC:
PS3537.T3234
LC Genre:
Literature>American and Canadian>Fiction>20th Century>1900-1944
Book Details
...
Description:
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