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| Title | : | The Pearl |
| Author | : | John Steinbeck |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Centennial Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 96 pages |
| Published | : | January 8th 2002 by Penguin Books (first published 1947) |
| Categories | : | Economics. Finance. Business. Nonfiction. Currency. Money |
John Steinbeck
Paperback | Pages: 96 pages Rating: 3.46 | 179720 Users | 8020 Reviews
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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, greed, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.List Books To The Pearl
| Original Title: | The Pearl |
| ISBN: | 0142000698 (ISBN13: 9780142000694) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Kino, Juana, Coyotito, Juan Tomas, Apolonia |
| Setting: | Nayarit(Mexico) The Gulf(Mexico) La Paz(Mexico) …more Santa Rosalia(Mexico) Loreto, Baja California Sur(Mexico) …less |
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4+★This short novella (90 pages) brings to mind the biblical parable of The Pearl Of Great Price. Like the parables, the telling juxtaposes contrasting motifs of good and evil and what defines them or makes them so. How sudden wealth can corrupt depending on ones choices, needs, or morals. Is it better to let things be or risk irreperable change for possible transformation or benefit? The reader has much to ponder throughout the pages which turn beautifully. I could hear the sounds of water,A layered story and I really like the writing, but found it a little predictable and it didn't feel that impactful to me.
Steinbeck does it again. All my experiences with his writings have been fantastic. Every word, every description, every plot point, every twist - perfect!The Pearl is very short but very amazing. It is a tale of greed and how people around wealth or who come upon sudden wealth are affected. Many of us think our life would be perfect if we won the lottery, but I think all of us could benefit from the lessons in this story.I picked this book now because I am on vacation in Hatteras, NC, and the
Poor pearl diver in South America finds giant-ass pearl, decides to sell it and use the money to buy medicine for his baby, who just got bitten by a scorpion. The mierda hits the fan, people die, everything generally goes to hell in a handbasket, and it all happens in about the space of time it took you to read this review. Verdict: meh. Read for: 10th grade English
This book is an allegory of money or, at least, a parable on the theme of physical possession.All is symbol in this book, the pearl, object coveted by bead researchers, like money, sought by those who do not, are in the center.The story takes place in Mexican California, near the end of the peninsula. The protagonists are poor (as seems to me at Steinbeck) and one of them will find, so to say, the gem. I'll let you see what can happen to the poor who die of a magical stroke let fly fortune ...
A simple story about a young man who finds a pearl, and the tragic consequences that greed can bring, yet I came away from this absolutely gobsmacked with the intensity and beauty of Steinbeck's writing. It was powerful, gripping and heartbreaking, all in less than 100 pages. I can only liken this to Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' - utterly flawless.
It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings.This novella opens with the simple contentment of a young Mexican pearlfisher: at peace with his life, wife, and baby, living in a tightknit community, and accompanied by the Song of the Family that plays in his mind.Pearls, by contrast, are a consequence of imperfection - possibly of pain or discomfort. But from the irritation caused by stray sand, rare transfixing beauty can occur. Unlike gold and diamonds, a pearl needs no
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