East of Eden /
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
1992.
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| Series: | Penguin twentieth-century classics.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father. |
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 602 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx). |
| ISBN: | 0140186395 : 9780140186390 |