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East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback)

by John Steinbeck (Author)
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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 Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. "A strange and original work of art."--New York Times Book Review. (Literature/Classics)


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No writer is more quintessentially American than John Steinbeck. Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Trask family on display, Mar 22 2007
Faulkner once wrote that the only thing worth writing about was the conflict within the human heart. Enter EAST OF EDEN, Steinbeck's best work. This is the essence of this book: conflict. And the physical clashes that take place in the book only mirror what Steinbeck is really writing about: the fact that we all have a choice to be who we are, or aren't. This is the story to two brothers who compete for their father's attention. The parallels to the bible are so obvious that they're almost insulting, but after reading many of the reviews here, I'm shocked at how many people don't get this. All the characters can be seen as metaphors and symbols, but even if you don't know this, you can still read this book on the level it was probably written for. But Steinbeck didn't just write symbolically; rather, he meant this parallel to be noticed and even points to this with the use of the Hebrew word "Timshel" which he (and others) translates as thou mayest, meaing that we all have a choice. There's a reason this book is still a bestseller, and it's not because of Oprah, though I'm glad she brought new attention to it. Would also recommend THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOOD.
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5.0 out of 5 stars TIMSHEL - ching chong, Mar 26 2003
This review is from: Steinbeck Centennial East Of Eden (Paperback)
What an incredibly written novel portraying the Biblical story of Cain and Abel! I have never come across a book this great. Steinbeck did a marvelous job in putting his thoughts and themes together throughout the book. Each characters is very well defined and each symbolizes either the good or the evil. Thimsel- "thou mayest" is a Hebrew word that means "GOD has given humans the choice to overcome their sins". This phrase means a great deal to the novel and in fact, it is the core idea of the novel. A person might inherit characterstics of his predecessors, but he is the one who has the ability choose whether to follow though it or to stand up on his own conscience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An all-time top ten, wise, humane, beautiful, Feb 24 2009
An all time fave. Why? Because there is next to no ego in the last book John Steinbeck ever wrote. You finish "East of Eden" and you remember the characters not the writer. You remember Lee, who is so selfless and good and wise; you remember the two sets of brothers, Adam and Charles, and Cal and Aron; and with a series of spinal shudders you find you cannot forget Cathy (or Catherine) who has to go down as one of the most sinister - and interesting - characters in all fiction.

No tricks, no overly clever plot-twists or wordplays, this is just a straight-ahead, old-fashioned, fascinating story about the greatest biblical theme of them all: people's struggle with good and evil. But that's not all. It's so much more than that. [Ok, nerdy confession time:] I drew up a list of all the great themes "East of Eden" covers but have since scrapped it because Steinbeck does precisely that in the book's appropriately humble epigraph, delivered as a simple letter to a dear friend:

"Dear Pat,
You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, 'Why don't you make something for me?'
I asked you what you wanted, and you said, 'A box.'
'What for?'
'To put things in.'
'What things?'
'Whatever you have,' you said.
Well, here's your box. Nearly everything I have is in it, and it is not full. Pain and excitement are in it, and feeling good or bad and evil thoughts and good thoughts - the pleasure of design and some despair and the indescribable joy of creation.
And on top of these are all the gratitude and love I have for you.
And still the box is not full.
John"

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4.0 out of 5 stars More 'guilty pleasure' than literary classic, but a very good novel none-the-less
Critics of this novel will tell you that it's a heavy-handed, melodramatic, bloated example of literary self indulgence; and frankly these are valid complaints. Read more
Published 14 days ago by J. Norburn

5.0 out of 5 stars A favorite forever
East of Eden is a fantastic novel. It is absolutely timeless and just sucks you into it's world. The characters, scenarios, and lessons illustrated in the book really speak to the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Arisa Goldstone

2.0 out of 5 stars 'Timshel' like it or not
My mom recommended this book to me after reading it for a college english lit. class. I'd heard of it, knew it was a "classic", and also remembered there was a movie with... Read more
Published on Mar 15 2006 by Julie R. Anderson

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
It is often for someone to come across great reads that actually changes the person's life. Reading Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot" and John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" had a profound... Read more
Published on Feb 27 2005 by Michael Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
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Published on Feb 22 2005 by Michael Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect book
East of Eden is truly a remarkable novel, I liked the way Steinbeck uses the characters to retell the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. Read more
Published on Feb 1 2005 by Raymond Vanness

5.0 out of 5 stars Steinbeck's best book
Of the three books I've recently come across, this was the best. It's a classic and there's a reason it has remained so. Read more
Published on Oct 30 2004 by Peggy

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
The best book I have ever read! As soon as I finished it, I wanted to start it right from the beginning again. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A novel about choices
Faulkner once wrote that the only thing worth writing about was the conflict within the human heart. Enter EAST OF EDEN, Steinbeck's best work. Read more
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