The Pearl

Zusatztext New-cover edition with introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin. Informationen zum Autor John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony , Pastures of Heaven , Tortilla Flat , In Dubious Battle , and Of Mice and Men . The Grapes of Wrath , published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Klappentext New-cover edition with introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin. Zusammenfassung When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours.

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John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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New-cover edition with introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin.

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When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours.