This classic book by John Steinbeck has always intrigued me but one that I had never fully read until this year. So, I decided to begin the year by listening to in via the Libby APP (25 plus hours worth).
Here’s a brief description of the book via Amazon:
A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition
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 California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel 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.
The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a 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.
PS: I have also found this free online study guide very helpful in keeping the characters and themes in my mind as I listen to it — https://www.litcharts.com/lit/east-of-eden
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