Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)

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Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Penguin (January 3, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142000671
ISBN-13: 978-0142000670
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Steinbeck refuses to allow himself to be pigeonholed. This is as completely different from Tortilla Flat and In Dubious Battle as they are from each other. Only in his complete understanding of the proletarian mentality does he sustain a connecting link - though this is assuredly not a "proletarian novel". It is oddly absorbing - this picture of the strange friendship between the strong man and the giant with the mind of a not-quite-bright child. Driven from job to job by the failure of the giant child to fit into the social pattern, they finally find - in a ranch - what they feel their chance to achieve a homely dream they have built. There's a simplicity, a directness, a poignancy in the story that gives it a singular power, difficult to define. Steinbeck is a genius - and an original. (Kirkus Reviews ) --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition. Product Description Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)