The Pearl

When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.

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.

Summary

When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours.

Product details

• Authors: Steinbeck John, John Steinbeck, Jose-Luis Orozco, Linda Wagner-Martin
• Assisted by: Jose L. Orozco (Illustration), Jose-Luis Orozco (Illustration), Linda Wagner-Martin (Introduction), Wagner-Martin Linda (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 03.04.2014
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780141394909
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139490-9
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions (packing): 11.1 x 18.1 x 0.5 cm
• Series: Modern Classics, Penguin Modern Classics, Essential Penguin, Penguin Modern Classics, Penguin Classics, Modern Classics, Essential Penguin
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