by John Steinbeck · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435018340
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«La perla» is the novel by John Steinbeck published by Edhasa in paperback, with 144 pages, in Spanish.
A fisherman finds a pearl of great value after a scorpion stings his son. What should secure his family's future awakens the greed of his community and confronts him with a conflict between poverty and ambition. Steinbeck turns the discovery into a parable about inequality, envy, and desire.
The original work, The Pearl, was published in 1947. This edition is number 102 of Edhasa's Pocket collection, with a translation by Horacio Vázquez Rial.
A common reading in school settings and a gateway to American classics; this edition includes a reading guide for teachers.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
