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lisa2062
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 Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: July's Book Choice - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck |
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Discuss here your thoughts on the book once you have read it. Did you (not) enjoy it? Anything that struck you or maybe someone else could help if you have a question? We're not really looking for in depth discussions... just tell us what you think of it!
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I read this earlier in the year and really wish I had read it sooner. It's not a long book, which makes it a more accessible classic than some of teh large tomes. I found it very touching, and it was interesting to have a book focus on a male friendship, you get so many books focussing on female friendships, but men are often overlooked.
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I've just read this in a day (about 100 pages) having watched the film as a teenager at school,
I loved it. It's quite a simple tale in some ways, but the characters and scenes are beautifully described. And though I knew the ending, I'm still really glad I read it.
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Is there a famous adaptation of it? or are there numerous ones? I quite fancy watching it...need to google and find out about it.
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I don't know about the film versions, except that I watched it in the early 80's and it was a black and white version. Possibly all the more poingnant for the lack of colour
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Really must get hold of a copy of this- it has appeared on the Guardian's 1000 novels everyone must read - in the Crime section ?
Two drifting field workers — Lennie, bull-strong but slow-witted, and his quick, cynical friend and protector, George — pitch up at a ranch in California, where they plan to work up the cash needed to buy a farm of their own. But when Lennie's childishly innocent desire to pet soft things leads him accidentally to kill the pretty wife of the boss's son, George is no longer able to defend him. Steinbeck is at his lyrical best in this Depression-era fable of loneliness, poverty and unrealised dreams.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2...n/18/1000-novels-crime-part-three
and I presume it'll also be in the 1,001 books you must read before you die
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