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This is an emotionally draining, beautifully perfect book! *** SPOILERS ahead!***
It is the story of a mentally handicapped man named Lenny and his friend George. Lenny is slow and lovable and very large. George is smart and compassionate and small in size. They are both itinerant workers who travel the rail together looking for jobs. Lenny wants to settle down and raise rabbits -- he seems to be slightly obsessed with things that are soft. Unfortunately he accidentally kills the soft things he e ...more
It is the story of a mentally handicapped man named Lenny and his friend George. Lenny is slow and lovable and very large. George is smart and compassionate and small in size. They are both itinerant workers who travel the rail together looking for jobs. Lenny wants to settle down and raise rabbits -- he seems to be slightly obsessed with things that are soft. Unfortunately he accidentally kills the soft things he e ...more
From BBC Radio 4 - Classical Serial:
Dramatisation by Donna Franceschild of John Steinbeck's seminal 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of one day owning a place of their own is tragically destroyed.
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Dramatisation by Donna Franceschild of John Steinbeck's seminal 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of one day owning a place of their own is tragically destroyed.
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I can't believe I went 47 years without reading this book and then read it in a matter of 2 hours. A heartbreaking, amazing read. Thank God it was only 107 pages because the sense of foreboding - that knowing that it couldn't end well - was terrible. I wonder how many times I will reread this book now. Many, many . . .
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