The Pearl: (Centennial Edition) (Paperback)
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For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream--that wealth erases all problems--Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence.
Praise for The Pearl: (Centennial Edition)…
“[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
