Libro: Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression

"A thriller, a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick." —The New York Times

John Steinbeck's classic novella follows 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 together they have formed a family, clinging to each other in the face of loneliness, and alienation, and hardship.

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.

• Author: Steinbeck, John.
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Pages: 107
• Publication Date: 1993-09-01
• Edition: Reissue
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• MSRP: 12
• ISBN13: 9780140177398
• ISBN: 0140177396
• Other ISBN: 9781440633904