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Uomini e topi

By John Steinbeck, Cesare Pavese (Translator)

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E' la storia tragica e violenta di due braccianti che lavorano in un ranch della California, il grande Lennie, gigante buono e irresponsabile, e il saggio George, guida e sostegno dell'amico nella vana resistenza alla miseria del mondo.

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Uomini e topi

La presentazione e le recensioni di Uomini e topi, opera di John Steinbeck pubblicata da Bompiani. Uomini e topi è un piccolo intenso dramma che colloca l'amara vicenda dei suoi protagonisti su uno sfondo di denuncia sociale. Il romanzo affronta in c ... (read full critics)

Qlibri published on Fri, 15 Apr 2011

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"I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you"

GEORGE "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. The ... (continue)

GEORGE "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to."
Lennie was delighted. "That's it—that's it. Now tell how it is with us."
George went on. "With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us."
Lennie broke in. " But not us! An' why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why ." He laughed delightedly. "Go on now, George!"
Una preziosa definizione senza tempo dell'amicizia : qualcuno da ascoltare e che ti ascolti, qualcuno che ti tiri fuori dai guai, e cosa più importante, qualcuno di cui prendersi cura e che si prenda cura di te. Importante notare che, effettivamente, i due personaggi così diversi uniti da uno strano destino siano diventati indispensabili l'uno per l'altro.

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