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” 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 world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.

Biographical note
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.

Promotional headline
”In the town they tell the story of the great pearl – how it was found and how it was lost agin. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito.