by John Steinbeck · Editorial Vicens Vives · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788468231778
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«La Perla» is the novel by John Steinbeck, published by Editorial Vicens Vives in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
Kino, an indigenous fisherman, finds an extraordinary pearl together with his wife Juana and his son Coyotito. The discovery awakens the greed of his community and triggers deceit and violence that confront Kino with an unequal and materialistic society. The narrative, lyrical and allegorical in tone, addresses the loss of innocence.
Originally published in 1947 under the title The Pearl. It is No. 18 in the Aula de Literatura collection.
Intended for secondary school students, it includes a didactic apparatus with introduction, notes and activities.
