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"Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work." --Commonweal
"[Steinbeck has] long trained his prose style for such a task as this: that supple unstrained, muscular power, responsive to the slightest pull of the reins."--Chicago Sunday Times
[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes. The New Yorker
Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work. Commonweal
[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes. The New Yorker
Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work. Commonweal
"[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes."--The New Yorker
"Form is the most important thing about him. It is at its best in this work." --Commonweal
"[Steinbeck has] long trained his prose style for such a task as this: that supple unstrained, muscular power, responsive to the slightest pull of the reins."--Chicago Sunday Times
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Orozco, Jose-Luis (illustrator). Paperback. Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring, now in a new A format editionWhen 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. Written with lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141394909
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