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East of Eden

(1952)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
Oprah's Book Club Best Book (nominee)
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.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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