![]() ![]() ![]() I find it's an original story and it's very realistic, the author's view on the world (in this book) is rather objective. The subjects are discovery (Kino finds a very big pearl, the pearl, in an oyster under the sea), adventure, travel (they have to take flight, because everybody wants to steel the pearl), disease (an scorpion has given Coyotito a sting), death (at the end of the book doesn't Coyotito live anymore). That 's the moment when he finds the pearl, it's the beginning of a long and sad story. Kino lifted the flesh, and there it lay the great pearl, perfect as the moon. "Kino put his knife in, and the shell fell open. ![]() When the fisherman, Kino, finds an extraordinary pearl he hopes it will bring comfort and health to his family, but soon he discovers that the pearl brings misfortune. This novel by American writer John Steinbeck (1902-1968) is actually a retelling of a Mexican folk tale, the story of a poor fisherman, his wife and baby. ![]()
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