num_pages: 128
description: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.
language: English
title: The Pearl
titlecomplete: The Pearl
characters: Kino, Juana, Apolonia, Coyotito, Juan Tomas
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Novella
ratings_count: 229201
places: Santa Rosalia, Nayarit, Loreto, Baja California Sur, The Gulf, La Paz
publisher: Penguin Popular Classics