The Pearl - John Steinbeck Alexander van Kesteren Elders is een roman over

Elders is een roman over alleenstaand moederschap

As the months come and go

Ervan overtuigd dat het geweld niet langer dan een paar weken zal duren

een jonge weduwe

The Pearl - John Steinbeck Alexander van Kesteren Elders is een roman overThe 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