01773nam a22002897i 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802000150007603500320009104000310012310000210015424500390017526400430021430000140025733600260027133700280029733800270032552009660035265000250131865000210134365000130136465000180137765000260139565000200142165000220144165000200146320261016202602.0261016s1993    xx ||||| |||||||| d|eng d  a9780140177398  a0140177396  a(KOHALIB)isbn-9780140177398  aKOHALIBbengerdacKOHALIB1 aSteinbeck, John.10aOf Mice and Men /cJohn Steinbeck. 1aNew York, USA :bPenguin Books,c1993.  a107 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aThe second book in John Steinbeck's labor trilogy, Of Mice and Men is a touching tale of two migrant laborers in search of work and eventual liberation from their social circumstances. Fiercely devoted to one another, George and Lennie plan to save up to finance their dream of someday owning a small piece of land. The pair seems unstoppable until tragedy strikes and their hopes come crashing down, forcing George to make a difficult decision regarding the welfare of his best friend. The novel is set on a ranch in Soledad, CA. Author Frank Bergon recalls reading Of Mice and Men for the first time as a teenager living in the San Joaquin Valley and remembers how he saw "as if in a jolt of light the ordinary surroundings of [his] life become worthy of literature." Steinbeck works to propagate the notion that meaningful stories emerge from the marginalized; that even those on the fringes of society can make deserving contributions to the literary canon. 4aContemporary Fiction 4aLiterary Fiction 4aClassics 4aLabor Trilogy 4aPsychological Fiction 4aMale Friendship 4aGoal (Psychology) 4aWestern Stories