George und Lennie sind zusammen auf einer Ranch Tagelöhner. Lennie ist ein tölpelhafter Arbeiter, der von seinem Freund George beschützt und umsorgt wird. Beide träumen davon, eines Tages eine gemeinsame Ranch zu haben - und überleben so die Schikanen in der Arbeit. Eines Tages passiert ein Unglück, das die Freundschaft der beiden auf die Probe stellt. Steinbeck wählte eine direkten und dialogreichen Stil. Er legte die Novelle bewusst auf eine spätere Dramatisierung an. Die Dialogpassagen sind meist im Arbeiterslang gehalten.

Zusatztext New-cover edition with introduction by Susan Shillingshaw. Informationen zum Autor John Steinbeck (1902-68) 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. Klappentext Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics. Zusammenfassung Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own.

Autorentext
John Steinbeck (1902-68) 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.

Klappentext

Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.

Zusammenfassung
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own.