26.4.12

Of Mice and Men

Hoewel dit vir my eerder na ‘n kortverhaal as ‘n boek gevoel het, was Of Mice and Men ‘n roerende vertelling van vriendskap: dit bied een van daardie etiese vrae wat jou altyd sal laat wonder wat jy in so ‘n situasie sou doen.
Die twee vriende, George en Lennie, is uiteenlopende karakters – en hoewel George jou aan die begin herinner aan ‘n boelie, word hy ‘n gunsteling.
Dit is die derde John Steinbeck wat ek lees; East of Eden is volgens my sy beste boek.   
Hy is voorwaar ‘n fantastiese skrywer wat in 1962 die Nobel Literature Prize gewen het.

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”


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