The Pearl-珍珠

作者：John Steinbeck

书名：The Pearl《珍珠》

中文简介：《珍珠》（The Pearl）是美国作家约翰·斯坦贝克的一部短篇小说，出版于1948年。小说讲述了潜水采珠人奇诺的故事，并探讨了人性、贪婪和邪恶。1940年，他在盛产珍珠的地区旅行，在墨西哥拉巴斯那里听到当地的民间故事，获得灵感。

英文简介："The 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. Written with haunting simplicty and lyrical simplicity, "The Pearl" sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.