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Rent East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: Oct 1992
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $23.00
Pages: 608
Synopsis
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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Reviews
I started to read this book because its a classic and I am on a mission to knock out a couple. I thought it was going to be boring and extremly long -that wasnt the case at all, I was hooked from the begining on. East of Eden is a really good book and I would recommend it to anyone who has the time needed to devote to reading such an amazing story.
This book is one of my all time favorites. It has so much wisdom in it that is ageless. A must read!