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  • Published: 29 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143566410
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 100
  • RRP: $15.99

The Pearl: Popular Penguins



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 attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with lyrical simplicity The Pearl explores the secretive nature of man, the depths of evil within, and the consequences of rebellion.

  • Published: 29 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143566410
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 100
  • RRP: $15.99

About the author

John Steinbeck

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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