The pearl
Steinbeck, John
The pearl / John Steinbeck - 90 pages
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence.
9780140177374
Pearl divers--Fiction
Fic
The pearl / John Steinbeck - 90 pages
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence.
9780140177374
Pearl divers--Fiction
Fic