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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men 1

by John Steinbeck
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/07/1977
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Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him.
ISBN:
9780812416312
9780812416312
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-07-1977
Publisher:
Perfection Learning Corporation
Country of origin:
United States
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 17 February 1902. After studying English at Stanford University, he held several jobs including working as a hod-carrier, apprentice painter, laboratory assistant, ranch hand, fruit-picker, construction worker at Madison Square Gardens, New York, and reporter for the New York American. In 1935 he became a full-time writer and was a special writer for the United States Army Air Force during World War II.

Among his most renowned works are Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.

In 1926 Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature as a mark of his outstanding contribution to literature, his unquestionable popularity and his versatility. In his speech accepting the Nobel Prize, Steinbeck gave his view of authorship: 'The ancient omission of the writer has not changed.

He is charged with exposing our may grevious faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of improvement. Furthermore, the writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love.' John Steinbeck died on 20th December 1968.

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In such a short novel, John Steinbeck is not afraid of exploring difficult themes like mental disability, racism, euthanasia, love and loneliness.

He tackles these via loveable if not simple characters that you actually care for. There is a reason why John Steinbecks of Mice and Men is considered the one of the best novellas and a masterpiece in its own right

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