The pearl
Steinbeck, John, 1902-19682000
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This is a parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed.
Main title:
The pearl / John Steinbeck.
Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2000.
Collation:
xxix, 89p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1948.Reprinted with this introduction in the United States in 1994. - Originally published: United States : Viking, 1947 ; London: Heinemann, 1948.Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxix).
ISBN:
9780141185125 (pbk)0141185120 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.5'2AF
Local class:
FFT PBK
Language:
English
BRN:
269919