![]() ![]() Forced out of their home, the family leaves their town in search for a better price for the pearl and a better life. People attempt to harm them and the pearl buyers try to swindle them. The whole community is overjoyed, but the pearl doesn’t bring the happiness Kino expected. ![]() He and Juana can get married, Coyotito can go to school and they will have the money to pay the doctor when they are ill. Convinced that this will be the solution to all his problems, Kino is ecstatic. One day when Kino is diving, he finds an oyster that contains a huge pearl. They live in relative poverty, but have each other and their families. ![]() Kino and his wife Juana are poor but happy in their relationship and delighted with baby Coyotito. The Pearl is a parable retelling of a Mexican folktale. I was impressed and looking forward to see how his style changes with his longer fiction and non-fiction. Why? Because even though I haven’t yet read a lot of Steinbeck, his style in this novella was completely different to the last book of his I read. The Pearl by John Steinbeck surprised me. ![]() Why I chose it: Enjoying making my way through Steinbeck’s works. The not-so-good: Somewhat predictable ending. The good: An enjoyable story that is very visual in its telling. When Kino finds ‘the Pearl of the World’, their fortunes change, but not for the better. In brief: Kino and Juana live a poor but happy life. ![]()
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