The Pearl

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By (author) John Steinbeck; By (author) Steinbeck, John; Illustrated by Orozco, Jose-Luis; Introduction by Wagner-Martin Linda

Short /annotation
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.


When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds ”the Pearl of the world” hebelieves that his life will be magically transformed. He will marryJuana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed byhis dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearlarouses 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.

Biographical note
Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be available in Penguin Modern Classics.