A Steinbeck novella set among simple Mexican divers who seek for pearls while diving for oysters. A pearl is the oyster’s reaction to the discomfort caused by a grain of sand inside their shell. The peasant fishers react in similar fashion to the vicissitudes of their lives. When the young pearl fisher discovers a magnificent pearl all the powers that be seem poised to cheat and rob him of the rewards of his discovery. His greatest success becomes his greatest tragedy, one of Shakespearian proportions.
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