John Steinbeck, The Pearl
Reading and Writing - A podcast by Michael Lavers
Claire and I talk about Steinbeck's novella The Pearl, and consider the genre of parable, the downside of dreams, the risks of interpretation, the poisonous nature of desire, our exile from Eden, the dangers of wealth and fame, utopian thinking, Hamlet's claim that "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," and more.
