Of Mice and Men /
John Steinbeck ; hrsg. von Reinhard Gratzke.
- Stuttgart : Reclam jun, 2005.
- 171 p. ; 15 cm.
- Universal-Bibliothek ; 9253 Fremdsprachentexte .
Literaturhinweise.
They are 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 they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. 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.