Steinbeck’s Great Saga of Family and Fate
Steinbeck’s classic family saga turns California history into a study of identity, rivalry and moral inheritance. Its scope is large, but the appeal remains intimate: generations of the Trask and Hamilton families wrestling with love, fate, guilt, choice and legacy.
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Steinbeck’s Great Saga of Family and Fate
Steinbeck’s classic family saga turns California history into a study of identity, rivalry and moral inheritance. Its scope is large, but the appeal remains intimate: generations of the Trask and Hamilton families wrestling with love, fate, guilt, choice and legacy.
- Book Synopsis
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There is only one book to a man,' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden, his most ambitious novel. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.
Ideal for readers who...
- Choose classic family sagas with moral depth.
- Follow generations bound by rivalry, inheritance and difficult choices.
- Settle into California history, biblical echoes and family conflict.
- Value expansive, character-rich fiction with lasting emotional weight.
- About The Author
- John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780141185071
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (07 September 2000)
- Number of Pages
- 601
- Weight
- 466 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 129 x 38 mm
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