The pearl / John Steinbeck
By: Steinbeck, John [author].
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1992Description: 90 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780140177374.Subject(s): Pearl divers -- Fiction | Fables & fairy talesSummary: 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.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Cubao Branch Fiction Area | Fiction | Fic St819p 1992 (Browse shelf) | Available | 121548d |
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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.
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