The Pearl Condition:Very Good literature and society

literature and society

and the UK’s Bridport Prize for Poetry

Khmer civilization by no means disappeared with the gradual abandonment of Angkor that began in the fourteenth century

In the city of Johannesburg a father seeks his delinquent son

The Pearl Condition:Very Good literature and societyKino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in his neighbors and himself. A haunting and timeless tale of wealth and the evil it can bring.