# 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
- Medium: audio
- Length: 26 h 44 min
- ISBN: 978-02-4153-768-8
- Published: 2022-02-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 26 h 44 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. '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. © John Steinbeck 1952 (P) Penguin Audio 2022