
' 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 & the Hamiltons
- whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam & Eve & the poisonous rivalry of Cain & Abel Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters & explored his most enduring themes the mystery of indentity; the inexplicability of love & the murderous consequences of love's absence