East of Eden
By: John Steinbeck ; with an introduction by David Wyatt.
Edition: Wyatt Introduction (29)
Series: Penguin twentieth-century classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9780140186390
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Children of prostitutes -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Sibling rivalry -- Fiction; Brothers -- Fiction; Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In his journal, Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farm- land of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx).