Balam@bookwyrm.welhaba.mx reviewed La perla by Steinbeck (Grandes de la literatura)
¡Qué suerte la de Kino!
4 stars
Una gran historia corta. El final que esperaba.
Paperback, 87 pages
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2002 by Penguin.
The Pearl
by Steinbeck
Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours - and himself.
Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbours - and himself.
Subjects
- Pearl divers -- Fiction
- Avarice -- Fiction
- Mexico -- Fiction