Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his masterpiece. In his journal, Journal of a Novel (often read as a companion to the novel) he notes that “this is the book I have always wanted and have worked and prayed to be able to write Set primarily in the Salinas …
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Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his masterpiece. In his journal, Journal of a Novel (often read as a companion to the novel) he notes that “this is the book I have always wanted and have worked and prayed to be able to write Set primarily in the Salinas Valley in the early twentieth century, the novel traces three generations of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – as they grapple with the ever-present forces of good and evil. From this plot emerged some of Steinbeck’s most fascinating characters – many of whom are modeled after people in his own life.
Part allegory, part autobiography, and part epic, East of Eden was an ambitious project from the start – a gift to Steinbeck’s sons that was meant to teach them about identity, grief, and what it means to be human. Tinged with biblical echoes of the fall of Adam and Eve and the rivalry of Cain and Abel, this sprawling saga has captivated audiences everywhere for generations. It is through the popularization of East of Eden that the Salinas Valley was truly transformed into “the valley of the world”; a place where everyone is able to find a piece of themselves in the golden, rolling hills. (source)
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- LibraryThing key:
- 2499
- BNF ID:
- 12409633x
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East of Eden
Paperback, 665 pages
Published by Arrow.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7493-1774-4Copied ISBN!
Jenseits von Eden
701 pages
German language
Published Aug. 27, 1980 by Europäische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Club Bertelsmann, Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft.
East of Eden
666 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1995 by Minerva.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7493-9780-7Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
665 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1995 by Mandarin.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7493-2047-8Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
640 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1993 by Penguin.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-018722-9Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
Mass Market Paperback
Published Aug. 4, 1977 by Bantam Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-553-11608-3Copied ISBN!
OST FOR EDEN (East of Eden) Two Volumes
Leather-bound
Published Aug. 4, 1979 by Gyldendal Nordk Forlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-82-05-11502-6Copied ISBN!
Yidian yuan dong
865 pages
Chinese language
Published Aug. 4, 1995 by Shu hua chu ban shi ye you xian gong si.
- ISBN:
- 978-957-551-865-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 36791797
East of Eden
736 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 2017 by Penguin Books, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-241-98035-4Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
720 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 2014 by Penguin Books, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-139489-3Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
576 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1963 by Pan Macmillan.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-30001-8Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
120 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 2008 by Pearson Education, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4058-6526-5Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
602 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1970 by Viking.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-670-28738-3Copied ISBN!
East of Eden
English language
Published Feb. 4, 1963
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-30001-8Copied ISBN!
Eden no higashi =
Japanese language
Published Aug. 4, 2005 by Hayakawa Shobō.
- ISBN:
- 978-4-15-208632-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 879286765
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