John Steinbeck

"One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife Juana cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. This classic novella from Nobel Prize-winner John...

Eight people are stranded after their ship was sunk in the Atlantic by Germans. Their problems are compounded when they pick up the Nazi captain that had torpedoed their ship.