Jouant de sa lame comme d'un levier, il le fit céder et le coquillage s'ouvrit. Les lèvres de chair se crispèrent puis se détendirent. Kino souleva le repli et la perle était là, la grosse perle, parfaite comme une lune. Elle accrochait la lumière, la purifiait et la renvoyait dans une incandescence argentée. Elle était aussi grosse qu'un œuf de mouette. C'était plus la grosse perle du monde.

La Perle

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and of prose." -- New York Herald TribuneAdopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey,California and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. These "knights" are paisanos, men of mixed heritage, whose ancestors settled California hundreds of years before. Free of ties to jobs and other complications of the American way of life, they fiercely resist the corrupting tide of honest toil in the surrounding ocean of civil rectitude.As Steinbeck chronicles their deeds--their multiple loves, their wonderful brawls, their Rabelaisian wine-drinking--he spins a tale as compelling and ultimately as touched by sorrow as the famous legends of the Round Table, which inspired him.

Tortilla Flat

Set against the background of Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, this novel tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land.

The grapes of wrath

Une panne oblige les voyageurs d'un autocar à passer la nuit dans une station-service, sur la grande autoroute de Californie. La panne réparée, un nouvel incident immobilise pendant des heures les voyageurs en pleine montagne. De chacun des naufragés de l'autocar, Steinbeck trace un portrait étonnant, dévoilant le drame ou la comédie de son existence entière. Chacun des voyageurs perd la tête, est assailli par des tentations sexuelles, nous livre un instant son âme secrète.

Les Naufragés de l'autocar

Kino 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 neighbours - and himself.


A haunting and timeless tale of wealth and the evil it can bring.

La Perle

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