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The pearl / John Steinbeck with an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin ; drawings by José Clemente Orozco.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF STEI	Adult Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .
AF STEI	Adult Fiction		Padstow .	. On Loan .	22 May 2024

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780141185125 (paperback)
Name	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 author.
Title	The pearl / John Steinbeck with an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin ; drawings by José Clemente Orozco.
Published	London : Penguin, 2000.
Published	©1947
Description	xxix, 89 pages: : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes	First published in the USA by The Viking Press, 1947.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references: (pages xxvii-xxix)
Summary	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 be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with haunting simplicty and lyrical simplicity, "The Pearl" sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.
Subjects	Pearl divers -- Fiction
	Avarice -- Fiction
	Mexico -- Fiction
Genre	Parables
Other Names	Wagner-Martin, Linda writer of introduction.
Other Names	Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949 illustrator.
Series	Penguin classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Avarice -- Fiction . Mexico -- Fiction . Parables . Pearl divers -- Fiction . See Also: Allegories . Fables . Tales . Authors: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949 . Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 . Wagner-Martin, Linda . Series: Penguin classics .