TY - BOOK AU - Steinbeck,John (1902 - 1968) AU - Gratzke,Reinhard TI - Of Mice and Men T2 - Universal-Bibliothek SN - 3150092531 PY - 2005/// CY - Stuttgart PB - Reclam jun KW - Fiction N1 - Literaturhinweise N2 - 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 ER -