The Pearl
$28.36
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2014
Summary
The Pearl: A Parable of Dreams and Destruction
Steinbeck’s lyrical and moving novel, now in an elegant clothbound edition.
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,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141394688 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141394684 |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
| Author: | John Steinbeck |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 135mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
John Steinbeck
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.
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