The pearl

The pearl

John Steinbeck, 1902-1968

Book - 2002

For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.

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Subjects
Pearl divers > Fiction.
Avarice > Fiction.
Parables.
Mexico > Fiction.
Published
New York : Penguin Books 2002.
Language
English
Main Author
John Steinbeck, 1902-1968 (-)
Edition
John Steinbeck centennial ed. (1902-2002)
Item Description
Originally published: 1945.
"Originally published in Woman's home companion as 'The pearl of the world'"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description
87 p. ; 22 cm
ISBN
9780142000694
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

February 27 marks the great Steinbeck's 100th birthday, and the publishing world is celebrating appropriately. The Library of America volume collects the author's little-known 1942 novel The Moon Is Down along with popular standards Cannery Row (1945), The Pearl (1947), and East of Eden (1952). If you prefer individual copies, Penguin is also releasing top-quality paperback Centennial Editions of several of Steinbeck's titles, which in addition to those listed above and those in the Library of America collection include his travelog Travels with Charley in Search of America (ISBN 0-14-200070-1) and the Pulitzer Prize winner The Grapes of Wrath (ISBN 0-14-200066-3), perhaps the greatest American novel of the 20th century. Penguin, which publishes Steinbeck's 26 works, reports that the volumes still sell more than one million copies annually. Happy birthday, big guy! (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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