East of Eden

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0140186395 ISBN13: 9780140186390 Release Date: January 1952 Publisher: Penguin Group Length: 640 Pages Weight: 1.00 lbs. Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.8" Age Range: 18 years and up Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors 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. The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the