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- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia (26 Aug 1993)
- ISBN-10: 0140232605
- ISBN-13: 978-0140232608
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is Steinbeck's story about a Mexican Indian pearl-diver who finds the greatest pearl in the world, but loses his happiness.
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Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. From September 2000 his complete works will be published by Penguin.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This story is about how we are all prisoners of circumstance, and how what seems like the chance to escape the misery of our lives can be but an illusion. It shows how something which in an ideal world should be a great blessing can in fact become a curse. Such is the discovery of the `Pearl of the World' for Kino and his family.
The darker side of human nature is very much paramount in this story, revealing to what depths people will go for the sake of their own financial gain. Steinbeck uses the story of the pearl to illustrate how difficult it can be to change the course of our lives, and how if we try to break out of the unwritten consensus which governs our daily lives, things can not only become lonely but also dangerous, as Kino discovers to his great cost.
I'm not generally a fan of short stories, but this one says more about human nature than some authors can fit into 400 pages. As usual with Steinbeck, it is a very good piece of writing.
The darker side of human nature is very much paramount in this story, revealing to what depths people will go for the sake of their own financial gain. Steinbeck uses the story of the pearl to illustrate how difficult it can be to change the course of our lives, and how if we try to break out of the unwritten consensus which governs our daily lives, things can not only become lonely but also dangerous, as Kino discovers to his great cost.
I'm not generally a fan of short stories, but this one says more about human nature than some authors can fit into 400 pages. As usual with Steinbeck, it is a very good piece of writing.
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This is a simple, but extremely readable short story. A tale of tragedy afflicting a family that thought they had found happiness, only to realize a great misfortune. This book is deservedly considered an American classic.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This was one of the most amazing books I've read. At a first glimpse it looks a very simple, easy reading book. And it is very easy to read, but behind the story is a whole philosophy of life, an anti-materialistic, a though critic of the capitalist society, along with the love for the homeland which is always present in Steinbeck's books. This is also an excellent book to give to those people who don't usually read because they find it boring. I tried doing it and I was successful ;)
The story is beatiful and simple. The philosophy is beautiful. What more can we for?
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck
This is a little gem of a book; beautifully written and a delight to read.A great book to pack in a travel bag. Highly recommended.
Published 7 months ago by Jeeves
A Parable for Modern Times
I won't precis the story, as other reviewers have already done so. In a nutshell, Steinbeck's The Pearl is a parable for modern times. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Murdo
A real pearl
Little more than 100 pages but that's enough for Steinbeck to work his magic. Written in a simple style yet packed with a punch. It gives plenty of food for thought. Brilliant.
Published 21 months ago by Top Banana
A simplistic parable
One for the Steinbeck completists, this is a brief morality tale that would be better placed in a collected short works of Steinbeck than as a novel in its own right. Read more
Published 22 months ago by The Amazon J
The Pearl
`The Pearl' is another book by Steinbeck of such searing beauty that it leaves you breathless and in awe. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by Spider Monkey
Good and simple
A parable? Most definitely! Everyone can take their own meaning from it. The message is simple. The story is simple. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by Mark Dickens
A parable about a pearl that is a pearl
Again the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by Mr. J. Griffiths
Good story but not a full represenation of Steinbeck's greatness
This is the fourth consecutive Steinbeck title I've read, and it's a little different to say the least. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2008 by Robert Burdock
A Timeless Tale
A folktale of lower California is the basis for this narrative about Kino, a simple pearl fisherman, who finds an enormous pearl that promises to provide for all his family's... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2008 by M. A. Ramos
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