Athene Forster embraced the Sixties like few others. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was spoiled, beautiful, & out of control.
...A classic novella about the fallacy of the American dream, THE PEARL is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth & 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 & their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear & even violence the pearl arouses in him & his neighbours. Written with haunting & lyrical simplicity, THE PEARL sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive & finds them tragically inadequate.