Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1994 • Penguin Books

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Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck

TRADE PAPERBACK [1994] PENGUIN BOOKS

1994 edition from Penguin's photo-realistic cover series.

Solid reading copy with some sticker damage to rear along bar code.  Reads nicely


“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
why.”

While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.

Of Mice and Men also represents an experiment in form, as Steinbeck described his work, "a kind of a playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands." A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.