The Red Pony

Resumen del libro

Like most ten-year-old boys, Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion as well as the need to be loved. In these stories, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pains, its responsibilities and its problems - through his acceptance of his father's gifts. First he is given a red pony and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibility of adults.

Biografía del autor

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) realizó diversos oficios (peón agrícola, empleado de laboratorio, albañil y vigilante nocturno) para costearse sus estudios en la Universidad de Stanford. Su obra constituye un gran fresco de los conflictos sociales y económicos de la vida rural del Sur de los Estados Unidos y una permanente búsqueda de valores en un mundo crecientemente deshumanizado. En 1962 fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura.