The Pearl
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Originally published | November 1947 |
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Authors | John Steinbeck |
Set in | La Paz |
Baja California Sur | |
1940s | |
Illustrators | José Clemente Orozco |
Genres | Novella |
Fiction | |
Publishers | Viking Press |
Heinemann | |
Fondo de Cultura Económica | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 807305 |
About The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by American author John Steinbeck, first published in 1947. It is the story of a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man's nature as well as greed, defiance of societal norms, and evil.
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... Critics include Gunjan Shah, who is the fifth generation of his family to be in The Pearl trading business...
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... How this city became The Pearl of Azov and it s a hometown for me as well, " he said...
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... Now Shenzhen, with a population of 12 million, is just one part of a huge urbanised area running down The Pearl River Delta...