A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century
Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, but when tragedy follows he starts to understand what growing-up and becoming an adult really means. Reissue.
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A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century
Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, but when tragedy follows he starts to understand what growing-up and becoming an adult really means. Reissue.
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A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th centuryJody 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.
Critic Reviews
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
About the Author
John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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'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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