# East of Eden

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- Book: [East of Eden](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/east-of-eden) ([East of Eden.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck/east-of-eden.md))
- Authors: [John Steinbeck](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-steinbeck)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-489-3
- Pages: 720
- Published: 2014-04-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

There is only one book to a man' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden . Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined 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 indentity; the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence.