This is a beautiful, sad and loaded story. Its a short book, only 95 pages but is heavy and full of feeling.
The book follows Kino, a pearl fisherman just before and just after he finds a huge pearl: 'Perfect as the moon, the great pearl turned Kino the fisherman into every man's enemy. The dreams he conjured from its shining surface were to bring sorrow and death.'
Very short so there's not a great deal to say without giving away the tale - though it is mostly concerned with the contentment of having nothing, the fear and lack of control ignorance causes and the fear of losing wealth. Definitely read it if you get chance.
I'm now reading Her Brilliant Career by Rachel Cooke - telling the stories of ten inspirational (and little known) women of the fifties.
