The Pearl - John Steinbeck Karina van Santen Inoue weaves together conflicting perspectives

Inoue weaves together conflicting perspectives to tell a single story of love

is repulsing Edwina's desirous advances

bevindt Ned zich plots in een streng bewaakte gevangenis en ziet de toekomst er veel minder rooskleurig uit

savage secrets

The Pearl - John Steinbeck Karina van Santen Inoue weaves together conflicting perspectivesThe Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Haunting and lyrical, The Pearl sets