Classics, Psychological, Literary 

A classic novella from Nobel Prize - winner John Steinbeck - a stirring work that examines the fallacy of the American dream.

For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. For Steinbeck, as Linda Wagner-Martin writes in her introduction, Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence experienced by people who believe that wealth erases all problems.

This Penguin Classic edition includes original illustrations for The Pearl by Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco.

Penguin Readers Guide available at www.penguin.com

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin

Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco

Cover illustration: Mick Wiggins

Taken from the back cover.