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East of Eden
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement | Steinbeck | Checked Out | May 10, 2024 |
| Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement | Steinbeck | Checked Out | May 8, 2024 |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
601 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.3, 34 Points
Level 5.3, 34 Points
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Description
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of Californias Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesthe Trasks and the Hamiltonswhose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness. First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.
Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1962.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Steinbeck, J. (1952). East of Eden (John Steinbeck centennial edition (1902-2002).).
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. 1952. East of Eden. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. East of Eden , 1952.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Steinbeck, John. East of Eden John Steinbeck centennial edition (1902-2002)., 1952.
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