The Red Pony

Author(s): John Steinbeck

Fiction

Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. First, he is given a red pony, and is later promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both gifts bring tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only about the harsh lessons of life, but also about the falliblity of adults.

General Information

  • : 9780141312569
  • : pengui
  • : pengui
  • : 0.101
  • : 26 July 2001
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : John Steinbeck
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : 813.52
  • : 128

More About The Product

John Steinbeck (1902 - 1978) grew up in California and used the valiey and coast as the setting for some of his greatest fiction. He studied at Stanford University and then worked as a labourer and journalist in New York as he worked on the first of many fine novels. The Grapes of Wrath, often considered his finest book, was published in 1939. John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.