The Pearl
$30.75
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2014
Summary
Steinbeck’s flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring, now in a new A format edition
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141394909 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141394900 |
| Author: | Jose-Luis Orozco, Linda Wagner-Martin, John Steinbeck |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 68g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 110mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Jose-Luis Orozco
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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