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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Main Author: Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 1992.
Series:Penguin twentieth-century classics.
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