Pearl
Penguin Books
THE PEARL is Steinbeck s flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring When Kino an Indian pearl diver finds the Pearl of the world he believes that his life will be magically transformed He will marry Juana in church and their little boy Coyotito will be able to attend school Obsessed by his dreams Kino is blind to the greed fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours Haunting and lyrical THE PEARL sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate
