by Winston Groom · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582417816
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«Forrest Gump» is the novel by Winston Groom in the edition adapted for Penguin Readers, published by Pearson Education Limited in paperback (48 pages, in English).
The story follows Forrest Gump, a man from Alabama whom everyone considers an idiot, but who lives an extraordinary life: he shines as an American football player, plays the harmonica, fights in Vietnam, and crosses paths with US presidents. This edition is adapted for pre-intermediate level English students.
The original novel was published in 1986; this adaptation by John Escott for Penguin Readers, level 3 (1200 words), dates from 1999.
Aimed at pre-intermediate level English students who want to practice guided reading with a well-known story.
Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016).
