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Title: East of Eden by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0-8085-1412-1 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.45 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Had Me Searching the Bible
Comment: I have yet to read a poor Steinbeck book and I think this was his all-time best (Grapes of Wrath is a close second). The author has an interesting take on the Cain & Abel story. Basically, depending on which bible you read it has a different translation. Depending on which you choose to accept, that is how you should lead your own life.
Great characters and impossible to put down. One of the few old books where I have seen an Asian character as a very deep philosophical person.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Biblical retelling worthy of its inspiration
Comment: The blurb on the back of this book says that it is a Biblical story, a modern retelling of the Cain and Able story. But it is more than just a clever satire. It is the story of humanity as Steinbeck perceives it, told as an allegory through two generations of two families in the Salinas Valley of California. John Steinbeck reached very far into himself to write this book. He has an incredble insight into human emotions - as I was reading his simple and beautiful prose I felt that he must have known me intimately to write to me so succintly and so personally. As it was written fairly late in his life and his career, one gets the impression that he wanted to tell one final, ultimate story that would last forever. This may be as close to that story as one man can get.
The last book I read was Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
The next book I plan to read is Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Rating: 5
Summary: I will give it a 10/10
Comment: After a long long time I got to read something so fulfilling. Something that one can identify with instantly and it does not take much effort as well. The theme of Brother Vs. Brother is universal and appealing to all. Maybe because as children of Cain, we are all the same - A blend of Good and Bad. Wow!!
East of Eden was heavy for me!!
Steinbeck is so good at descriptions - love the style of writing, the dry subtle humor- the very fact that he does not justify his character's actions - the struggle of mankind, the inner conflict,is so beautifully portrayed.
The Theme: Brother vs. Brother
The Plot: Two Families in Salinas, California. The Trasks and the Hamiltons. Adam Trask who faces a life-long complex from his brother Charles Trask heads towards a new life - with his brand-new wife. The birth of his twins is a joyous moment only to result in a sad one - with Kathy (his wife) walking out on
him.
He raises the kids with his manservant Lee - the ever symbolical of what is right - Chinese - who is a great human character in ages to come.
The twins - Aron and Cal are poles apart and the rest is as they say "History".
The Hamiltons are a different breed altogether. Nine children and Samuel Hamilton is a man who never feels the need to have more money.
I guess the Biblical influence is immense in the book - but obvious it had to be!!
Overall, a great great awesome read!!
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Title: The Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0142000663 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140144188 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177388 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177396 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ISBN: 1573222453 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 29 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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