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Reminiscent of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Bottle Imp, this story is about an unexpected change of fortune for a not too fortunate character. Although I did not read the original version (got a Spanish translation) I found the writing style very likeable; I think Steinbeck did a good job capturing the rural life of Mexican natives, their semi-supernatural semi-religious beliefs, and the oppression that they were victims of (and still are, sadly) because of their academic limitations.
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it really makes you think about what happens to a person when they go from having little to having what they believe to be valuable beyond measure
Aug 20, 2011
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