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East of Eden

East of Eden

Steinbeck, John
Wyatt, David
Shillinglaw, Susan

Paperback

Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0140186395
ISBN13: 9780140186390
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Oct 1 1992
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.75
Language: English
Soon to be a Netflix series starring Florence Pugh

The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years--at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis

A Penguin Classic

In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden the first book, and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland 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. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James Dean and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah's Book Club back, East of Eden has remained a touchstone of American literature for over half a century.

This edition includes selections from Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck to his longtime Viking editor Pascal Covici, and recommended resources, adaptations, and parallel texts for readers to explore and discuss.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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