من اروع ما فرأت ، هل كانت اللؤلؤة تحمل اغنية الشيطان كما عبر عنها المؤلف.
الفقير، الصياد الباحث عن الآليء الذي لا يملك علاج ابنه يعثر على لؤلؤة وجد فيها فرصته وفرصة ابنه في حياة حريمه وأهمها التعليم وإعلان زواجه في الكنيسة.
فجأة زاره القس والطبيب الذي رفض علاج ابنه تغيرت نظرة الناس له .
وأكنه من الهنود سكان المكسيك الأصليين الذين منذ ٤٠٠ عاما تعودوا على الطاعه فهذا هو نظام الحياة وتآمروا عليه بسعر اللؤلؤة ولكنه تمرد وأعلن هدم الطاعه.
أراد ان يتشبث بحقك في حياة كريمة ، رغم محاولة زوجته التخلص منها بعد محاولات لسرقتها ودفاع مستميت من زوجها.
صراع انساني داخلي عميق بين التطلع للمستقبل الغامض او الرضى والقناعة بحياته البسيطة.
ما عجبني في الرواية ان المؤلف يقوم بوصف دقيق للأماكن والجو السائد كإنه يعد مسرحا وعليك الانتظار لتشاهد الحدث الكبير
اعتقد انها تستحق اكثر من ٥ نجمات.

Una novela muy amena y de fácil lectura. Es lo suficientemente corta para leerla en apenas uno o dos días y te deja un muy buen sabor de boca. Es un libro ideal para esos casos en que uno necesita romper con el bloqueo de lector, porque el ritmo está muy bien llevado y la prosa es tan, pero tan sencilla que la lectura fluya naturalmente.
La novela muestra como la codicia puede sacar lo peor del ser humano y también toca el tema de la diferencia de clases y la vulnerabilidad a la que siempre queda expuesto el pobre, incluso para temas tan básicos como la salud.
Una pequeña joya muy recomendable.

مش عارف اقول ايه بخلص الكتب في اوقات عجيبة اليومين دول مش بيبقي نفسي اقول اي كلام
رواية حبس انفاس او علي الاقل وصلي الاحساس ده
تخلص في قعدة بالرغم من اني خلصتها في اربعة
المؤلف بيكتب حلو جدًا و اسلوب يشدك لانك عايز تعرف ايه اللي هيحصل فمش عايز تقفل الرواية
قصة تمثل عن أقلية مضحوك عليها في الهنود الصيادين اللي كل المدينة بتبعهلهم كل حاجة غالية
قصة مدينة صغيرة كل الناس فيها عارفين بعض و مفيش فيها اسرار
قصة استغلال و حقد و طمع البشر
قصة أسرة كانت عايزة تعيش حياة سعيدة و اتقلب كل شئ للضد
قصة مفعمة بالاغاني المصاحبة لوجداننا البشري
قصة رحلة لؤلؤة من الخروج حتي العودة
أسلوب أدبي رائع و هيتكرر اكيد مع الاديب الامريكي جون شتاينبك

A lot of "reviewers" here say that this iconic fable is flawed. That the main character, Kino, isn't greedy, he's just a hardworking guy who wants a fair price for the pearl he found, so that he can buy everything, to give his family a better life.

I disagree. I don't think it's flawed at all. I think that this gorgeous, wise, inimitable story is one about a man who forgot he had everything to begin with.

(I owe John Steinbeck a LOT. He taught me to love literature at an early age. Because of him, I fell in love with words. I had to read them all. And I'm still going. I'd had a battered copy of this novella on my shelf for countless years, and I picked it up yesterday, and my heart has been reunited with my first love, and my eyes are filled with tears. All I can say is... thank you, Mr. Steinbeck.)

یک اثر کوتاه که همیشه در خاطرم میمونه.

کتاب شرح زندگی یک خانواده فقیر روستایی در مکزیکه، پدر خانواده که یک صیاده برای نجات زندگی کودکش از نیش عقرب و پرداخت هزینه‌های درمان که پزشک از او مطالبه کرده، مرواریدی پیدا میکنه و باور داره که این مروارید نجات دهنده اش از تمام مصیبت‌هاییه که در اون غوطه میخوره و ... . مضمون اصلی داستان فقر و محنت فرودستان و مبارزه بی پایان اونها علیه طبقه‌ایه که اونها رو استثمار میکنن، مبارزه‌ای که یک هدف رو دنبال میکنه و اون هم حفظ جان و رهایی از استیلا بی حد و مرز قوی دستان بر زندگی فرودستانه. یک ویژگی بارز کتاب این بود که اصلاً احساس نمی کردم وقایع داستان جایی دور از ایران رخ داده، یعنی به نوعی این اثر یک اثر جهانشموله و دغدغه ای که اشتاین بک بر اون دست گذاشته، نحوه مواجه با اون و این تضاد طبقاتی مختص یک ناحیه و کشور خاصی نیست. این توصیف درد و رنج خیلی نزدیک به فضایی بود که ساعدی در عزاداران بیل به قلم آورده بود. کشش داستان مناسب بود و ضرباهنگ خوبی داشت. الان دیگه میتونم به جرات بگم که استاین بک قطعاً یکی از نویسندگان محبوبِ منه. امتیازم به کتاب 4.5 چون نیمتونستم هم به این اثر 5 بدم و هم به شرق بهشت. ترجمه سروش حبیبی هم روان و بی نقص بود. این جمله رو هم از کتاب دوست داشتم :

از گرسنگی که بگذریم ناخوشی بدترین دشمن بیچارگان است.

Overall, it's just not very good. I keep debating whether I should rate it one star or two, but ultimately the Goodreads definition of the two-star rating, "it was ok," pushes me over the edge. It wasn't ok; nothing about this was ok.

The writing style is bad, though I haven't read enough Steinbeck to know whether his stilted, awkward prose is just an affectation for this work (in an insulting attempt to illustrate that his main characters are poorly educated), or whether he is just always like this.

His treatment of his characters is truly awful. Steinbeck strikes me as the worst kind of liberal; he's full of compassion for the circumstances of his characters, but that compassion never rises above the level that any of us would have for a sick animal. At least in this work, he seems like the kind of person who loves the poor, but only for the fact that they're poor. In short, he doesn't seem to think of his characters as people, just creatures buffeted by terrible circumstances.

And the moral of the story is nearly reprehensible, to the extent that it makes any sense. The reason bad things are happening to these poor creatures? They wanted a better life. Steinbeck seems to be saying, "don't try to do anything to improve yourselves, and you certainly should never dream. Be satisfied with where you are, because trying only leads to failure." If his moral were something like "money doesn't bring happiness" it would be fine, but this is more insidious, because he never even gives his characters the option of being poor and happy. His choice is a stark "poor and miserable" or "poorer and more miserable." I can just see Steinbeck rewriting the Horatio Alger stories: a sad, poor boy tries to pull himself up by his bootstraps, but the bootstraps snap, and he falls off a cliff, breaks his neck at the bottom, and his corpse is eaten by syphilitic bears.

If you like heavy-handed stories with a poor moral sense and bad writing... you can still do better than "The Pearl."

Mr. Steinbeck has brought us a timeless and thought-provoking look at the destructive power of greed, the complexity of human nature, and the enduring power of love. Who among us hasn't thought that money would solve, if not all, at least most of our problems? Fortunately, or unfortunately, most of us will continue our insignificant meager existences and never know for sure whether a large sum of money will be life-changing for better or worse.

Unfortunately for our young hero, kino, he had the opportunity to find out exactly how his life would play out if he came into a large sum of money. Upon finding a large and seemingly valuable pearl kino naturally starts to dream about how it'll change his life and how it'll better his family. He soon discovers the true nature of humanity, and himself when overcome by greed. The pearl takes Kino and his family on a journey that will change them forever.

Would money change me? Would my life get better? Would my life get worse? Would I lose sight of what's important to me? It seems like we can't answer these questions tell it's too late sometimes. I'll just stay poor and happy I guess.

"Era uma coisa inconcebível, mas (...) é sabido que os homens nunca estão satisfeitos, dá-se-lhes uma coisa e eles querem sempre qualquer coisa mais. Diz-se isto como se fosse um defeito, quando é um dos grandes talentos que a espécie possui e aquele que a tornou superior aos outros animais, que estão sempre satisfeitos com aquilo que têm."✨

Esta pequena obra de arte do John Steinbeck traz-nos a história de um casal pobre (e do seu filho) de origem indígena que sobrevivem graças ao trabalho do homem: a pesca. Um acontecimento irá mudar as suas vidas e devido a isso, o homem vai recorrer ao seu trabalho para juntar mais algum dinheiro. Até ao momento em que lhe surge uma pérola - grande e bonita - que vai ser cobiçada por muitos. E é a partir daqui que começa toda a ação desta história. Qual será o destino desta pérola? Qual será o destino desta família? Irão vender ou ficar com ela?

Este é o perfeito exemplo de como pouco é muito. Este livro tem menos de 100 páginas e consegue trazer questões pertinentes sobre Ética, Injustiça, Simbolismo, Desespero, etc. Tem uma grande profundidade e mostra-nos o melhor e o pior do ser humano. Até que extremo vai alguém por algo?

Steinbeck mostra-nos a divisão social e económica deste povo que vive isolado do resto da cidade, mostra-nos as relações familiares e entre os povos, a ganância dos ricos e também dos pobres e, por fim, o lado animal do ser humano. Com uma escrita acessível e cativante, Steinbeck leva-nos e traz-nos num só folego e, quando damos por nós, ainda estamos a respirar fundo por causa dos acontecimentos e das consequentes emoções.

Leiam que é bom. 4.5

This is the first Steinbeck's book I've read, though it won't be the last, despite the horrible first impression. I hate everything in this book - from it's anticlimactic writing to its incommodious characters. There is nothing worth praise in here. After I reached the end, I've been so angry and almost ready to punch something.

Poor low-class man, living with his wife and their baby, finds a giant pearl, decides to sell it and then use the money to buy medicine for his child, who just got bitten by a scorpion. The selling part didn't go well, shit gets real, people die without any real purpose and it all happens in about 90 pages. In between, there are large amounts of racism, bigotry, and misogyny.

The reason bad things happen to this poor family is that they wanted a better life and the guy didn't want to let anyone stop him from getting it. Basically, his wife is superstitious, tells him the pearl is evil, he doesn't listen, so tragedy happens. Steinbeck is actually telling us to be satisfied with what we are and not try seeking better options because we're inevitably going to fail in the end. Also, he justifies when a husband beats his wife and she obediently suffers because HE'S A MAN AND HE KNOWS BEST. Maybe I should've tried more to read between lines but this was too much for me. Try and see it for yourself.

The narrator literally has no personality, so I don't know how I'm supposed to empathize with any of his struggles. He had some abrupt reactions, but when it comes to recognizable emotions he's pretty blank. I hate it when I can't connect to the main characters or ANY of the characters. And their difficulties were severe.

A simple story about a young man who finds a pearl, and the tragic consequences that greed can bring, yet I came away from this absolutely gobsmacked with the intensity and beauty of Steinbeck's writing. It was powerful, gripping and heartbreaking, all in less than 100 pages. I can only liken this to Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' - utterly flawless.

She was as remote and as removed as Heaven.

The Pearl is a beautifully written tale of avarice and the power of ignorance.

کینو غواص فقیریه که به همراه خانوادش زندگی میکنه، روزی عقرب بچه کینو رو نیش میزنه و دقیقا در همینجا داستان پر ماجرا آغاز میشه.
اگه بخوایم کتاب رو با آثار دیگه استاین بک مقایسه کنیم، شاید بشه گفت جذابیت کمتره، اما مثل تمام آثارش داستان روان و جذابی داره (و پر معنی)
بنظرم بهترین توصیف ها و جزئیات رو توی آثار استان بک میشه پیدا کرد. انقدر خوب که تک تک صحنه ها رو میشه بطور کامل درک کرد