The Red Pony: John Steinbeck - Softcover

Steinbeck, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241980372 ISBN 13: 9780241980378

Verlag: Penguin Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

'A little masterpiece' New York TimesJody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him., But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and pain. Joy may swiftly turn to tragedy. And he also discover that the simplicities of childhood must eventually turn into the complications of adulthood.The Red Pony is Steinbeck's brilliant, and sometimes brutal, celebration of adolescence, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.

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Críticas:

A little masterpiece (New York Times)

Steinbeck is to be judged by the highest standards (New York Herald Tribune)

Pure gold (New York Times Book Review)

There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic (Time and Tide)

A novelist who is also a true poet (Sunday Times)

Contraportada:

'A red pony colt was looking at him out of the stall. Its tense ears were forward and a light of disobedience was in its eyes. Its coat was rough and thick as an Airedale's fur and its mane was long and tangled.'

Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him. But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and pain. Joy may swiftly turn to tragedy. And he also discover that the simplicities of childhood must eventually turn into the complications of adulthood.

The Red Pony is Steinbeck's brilliant, and sometimes brutal, celebration of adolescence.

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• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0241980372
• ISBN 13: 9780241980378
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1