East of eden book

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“East of Eden” by John Steinbeck

Category #5 for the 2016 MMD Reading Challenge is “a book you should have read in school." This is the time to catch up on those classics (old and new)

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California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel. East of Eden was considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus, and its epic scope and memorable characters, exploring universal themes of love and…

Modern digital book cover illustration for Steinbeck's classic American novel East of Eden. Illustration & design by Julia Morris

East of Eden - John Steinbeck