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The Pearl
by John Steinbeck

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Publisher Comments:

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.

About the Author

No writer is more quintessentially American than John Steinbeck. Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780142000694
Author:
Steinbeck, John
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Mexico
Subject:
Parables
Subject:
Avarice
Subject:
Pearl divers
Subject:
Psychological
Edition Number:
1902
Edition Description:
John Steinbeck centennial ed. (1902-2002).
Series Volume:
report no.01-103
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
87
Dimensions:
8.45x5.67x.31 in. .29 lbs.