Of Mice and Men (Penguin Modern Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 John Steinbeck 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2000-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141185101
• 定价 106.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 144页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Modern Classics

【内容简介】

Acompellingstoryoftwooutsidersstrivingtofindtheirplaceinanunforgivingworld,JohnSteinbeck'sOfMiceandMenincludesanintroductionbySusanShillinglawinPenguinClassics.

Driftersinsearchofwork,GeorgeandhischildlikefriendLennie,havenothingintheworldexcepttheclothesontheirback-andadreamthatonedaytheywillhavesomelandoftheirown.EventuallytheyfindworkonaranchinCalifornia'sSalinasValley,buttheirhopesaredashedasLennie-strugglingagainstextremecruelty,misunderstandingandfeelingsofjealousy-becomesavictimofhisownstrength.Tacklinguniversalthemesoffriendshipandsharedvision,andgivingavoicetoAmerica'slonelyanddispossessed,OfMiceandMenremainsSteinbeck'smostpopularwork,achievingsuccessasanovel,Broadwayplayandthreeacclaimedfilms.

JohnSteinbeck(1902-68),winnerofthePulitzerPrizeandtheNobelPrizeforliterature,isrememberedasoneofthegreatestandbest-lovedAmericanwritersofthetwentiethcentury.DuringtheSecondWorldWarSteinbeckservedasawarcorrespondent,hisjournalismlatercollectedinOnceThereWasaWar(1958),andhewasawardedtheNorwegianCrossofFreedomforhisportrayalinTheMoonisDown(1942)ofResistanceeffortsinnorthernEurope.Hisbest-knownworksincludetheepicsTheGrapesofWrath(1939)andEastofEden(1952),andhistragicnovellaOfMiceandMen(1937).JohnSteinbeck'scompleteworksarepublishedinPenguinModernClassics.

【作者简介】

NobelPrize-winningauthorJohnSteinbeckisrememberedasoneofthegreatestandbest-lovedAmericanwritersofthetwentiethcentury.HiscompleteworkswillbeavailableinPenguinModernClassics.