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 the tragedy.
year: 2002, 1992, 1994, 1986, 1947, 2007, 1993, 1965, 1945, 1975, 1974, 1963, 1979, 1999, 2009
call number/section: 1000, 813, 920
subjects: pearl divers, fiction, avarice, parables, mexico, fiction, fishers, pearls, greed, fishermen, mexico fiction, steinbeck, john, 1902-1968, mexico, fiction, audiobooks, audiobooks, parables, western stories
Editions
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (2002)
Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, believes he has received the answer to his prayers when he finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but tragedy soon follows.
Schools: 7
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (1992)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 21
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (1994)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 19
Steinbeck, John
Bantam (1986)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 3
Steinbeck, John
(1947)
Schools: 7
Steinbeck, John
Penguin-Highbridge Audio (2007)
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 the tragedy.
Schools: 2
Steinbeck, John
Mastervision
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Penguin HighBridge Audio (1993)
Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, believes he has received the answer to his prayers when he finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but tragedy soon follows.
Schools: 2
Steinbeck, John
Viking Press (1965)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
s.n.] (1945)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1975)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (1945)
A fisherman finds a great pearl, only to lose it again.
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1974)
Schools: 0
John Steinbeck
Recorded Books (1945)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1963)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (1945)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam (1979)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 0
Steinbeck
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Recorded Books, LLC (1999)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1974)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
(1945)
Schools: 0
John Steinbeck
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Recorded Books (2009)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Schools: 2
John Steinbeck
Schools: 2
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1975)
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books (1974)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Viking Press (1965)
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
s.n.] (1945)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Penguin Books (1945)
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
(1945)
Schools: 0
Steinbeck, John
Bantam (1979)
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Schools: 1
Steinbeck, John
Schools: 0