The Pearl (Hardcover, 2000, Longman)
Copertina rigida, 144 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 01 Settembre 2000 da Longman.
Me ha encantado la novelita. La construcción del mundo, los personajes, sus motivaciones... Es la primera obra que leo de este autor (que también escribió 'De ratones y hombres' y 'Las uvas de la ira') y tengo claro que repetiré en un futuro. Se lee en un par de horas.
Not my kind of short novel, I hated the pessimistic moral of the story, I hated the machismo and the useless Juana.
But there are a few scenes that are magic. In particular the first chapter and the two parts where Kino looks in the pearl and sees the future his family could have if he sold it. When his dreams dissolve, it broke my heart
