Book Review: Of Mice And Men

Book Title: Of Mice And Men, Tragedi Hidup Manusia
Author: John Steinbeck
Plubisher: Selasar Surabaya Publishing
Publication Date: September 2011
Pages: 154 Pages
Dimention: 13 cm x 19,1 cm
Book Price: Rp. 50.000 – Rp. 70.000 IDR

 

SYNOPSIS:

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s, before the arrival of the Okies that he would describe in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. The title is taken from Robert Burns' Scots language poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". While it is a book taught in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century.