Journal Entry 1 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, August 25, 2008

From the back cover:

''Steinbeck's just understanding of character, the candour and forcefulness of his dialogue ... are all his own and inimitable' - The Times Literary Supplement

In this parable of commitent, loneliness, hope and loss John Steinbeck has created a powerful and moving portrayal of two men striving to understand their own unique place in the world. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley. Yet their hopes are doomed as Lennie, struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy, becomes a victim of his own strength.

'Steinbeck is to be judged only by the highest standards'
-New York Herald Tribune

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE'

This is a paperback edition from Penguin Books, in the series Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, published in 1994. Reprint. The book was originally published in 1937.

This book is #608 on the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

I've read a couple of other books by this author and enjoyed them a lot, so will definitely be reading this one too.

I got this book at a flea market at Ramstad elementary school in Bærum outside of Oslo on Sunday, September 23rd, 2007. The bag sale is a wonderful invention. ;-) 

Journal Entry 2 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, July 19, 2009

Am reading this book now, started some days ago. A sad story filled with foreboding, but convincingly written. 

Journal Entry 3 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, July 23, 2009

I finished reading this book today. It was a good read, very well written in the kind of vernacular I expect from Steinbeck. A sad story throughout, especially since you know that something bad will happen ... I mean, the book is so famous, and personally I have 'always' known how it ends even without having read it; I would imagine that most readers have some idea when they pick up the book ... but even that aside, the book itself is so full of foreshadowings and hints that you know it can't end well. A very sad story about people who never really had a chance in life. It made me think that a lot of things are better today than they were back then. Although other things may have changed for the worse. Steinbeck's language fits the setting and the story perfectly and he does a wonderful job of fleshing out his characters with few words.

A beautiful tragedy.