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East of Eden

Summary: A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition 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 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 vitally present in American culture for over half a century.

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  • ISBN: 0593683870
  • ISBN: 9780593683873
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (25 hr., 32 min., 6 sec.)) : digital.
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  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2022.

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General Note:
Recording originally produced by Recorded Books, ℗2002.
Text version copyright 1952.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Richard Poe.
Source of Description Note:
Hard copy version record.
Subject: California -- Salinas River Valley
Twins
Sibling rivalry
Rural families
Fathers and sons
Children of prostitutes
Brothers
Salinas, Vallée du (Calif.) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Frères -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Familles rurales -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Rivalité fraternelle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Pères et fils -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Enfants de prostituées -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction
Twins -- Fiction
Brothers -- Fiction
Rural families -- Fiction
Sibling rivalry -- Fiction
Fathers and sons -- Fiction
Children of prostitutes -- Fiction
Genre: Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Sound recordings.
Audiobooks.

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