John Steinbeck (1902-1968) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette
length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more
than that; but it is that. . . . In sure, raucous, vulgar
Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story.
The New York Times Brutality and tenderness mingle in these
strangely moving pages. . . . The reader is fascinated by a
certainty of approaching doom. Chicago Tribune A short tale of much
power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece
to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction. Times
Literary Supplement [London]"
"Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to
novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished.
It is more than that; but it is that. . . . In sure, raucous,
vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little
story."--The New York Times"Brutality and tenderness mingle in
these strangely moving pages. . . . The reader is fascinated by a
certainty of approaching doom."--Chicago Tribune"A short tale of
much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small
masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American
fiction."--Times Literary Supplement [London]
Of Mice and Men is a thriller, a gripping tale running to novelette length that you will not set down until it is finished. It is more than that; but it is that. . . . In sure, raucous, vulgar Americanism, Steinbeck has touched the quick in his little story. The New York Times
Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages. . . . The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom. Chicago Tribune A short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction. Times Literary Supplement [London]"
"Brutality and tenderness mingle in these strangely moving pages. . . . The reader is fascinated by a certainty of approaching doom."--Chicago Tribune"A short tale of much power and beauty. Mr. Steinbeck has contributed a small masterpiece to the modern tough-tender school of American fiction."--Times Literary Supplement [London]
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