The Pearl
Author: Steinbeck, John
ISBN: 9780141185125
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 198mm x 137mm x 7mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Penguin Modern Classics
THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with haunting simplicty and lyrical simplicity, THE PEARL sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.
ISBN: 9780141185125
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 198mm x 137mm x 7mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Penguin Modern Classics
THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with haunting simplicty and lyrical simplicity, THE PEARL sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.
