John Steinbeck - Set Blackbirds

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John Steinbeck, <br />Of Mice and Men<br /><br />"Blackbirds series 1994/04. <br />Uit de klassieke Blackbirds serie en daarmee een zeer prettig leesexemplaar.<br />Een van de prachtige klassiekers van deze grote schrijver. Engelstalig. Uit de klassieke Blackbirds serie en daarmee een zeer prettig leesexemplaar. <br /><br />Two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression ? George Milton, small, intelligent and cynical, but caring, and Lennie Small, a huge, but mentally limited man ? come to a ranch in Soledad, California. They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed. There, the immensely strong, but childlike Lennie has been run out of town along with George because Lennie got into trouble without his fault. They hope one day to carry on with fulfilling their shared dream of finally settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie's part of the dream, about which he never tires of being told, is merely to have soft rabbits on the farm, which he can pet. <br />At the ranch, the dream for a brief moment becomes startlingly possible. Candy, the aged, one-handed swamper, offers to put in his few hundred dollars with Lennie and George so that they can buy the house and land by the end of the month. Then, the dream crashes down in a tragedy of deep repercussions. Parts of the book can be interpreted as critiquing the false hopes of the American Dream.<br />"