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The Pearl

By John Steinbeck

By John Steinbeck

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Feb 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780140177374

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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Paperback $13.00
Feb 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780140177374
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    Feb 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780140177374

  • Feb 01, 1993 | ISBN 9781101199343

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    155 Minutes

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    Jun 29, 2011 | ISBN 9780142429204

    155 Minutes

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About The Pearl

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.”
 
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull’s egg, as “perfect as the moon.” With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security….

A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man’s nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.

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About John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919… More about John Steinbeck

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Praise

“[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes.”—The New Yorker

“Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work.” —Commonweal

“[Steinbeck has] long trained his prose style for such a task as this: that supple unstrained, muscular power, responsive to the slightest pull of the reins.”—Chicago Sunday Times

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Paperback | $13.00
Published by Penguin Books
Feb 01, 1993 | 96 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780140177374

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