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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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Winner of Oprah's Book Club and once called "the first book" by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck himself, East of Eden is now being adapted into a Netflix series starring Florence Pugh.

When gentle Adam Trask settles his family in California's fertile Salinas Valley, he can't escape the darkness in his own bloodline — a modern reimagining of Cain and Abel that spirals into betrayal, obsession, and one of literature's most unforgettable villains.

Set in California's fertile Salinas Valley, East of Eden follows two generations of the Trask and Hamilton families as their fates entwine across decades. At its center is Adam Trask, whose devotion to his cruel and manipulative wife, Cathy, sets a tragedy in motion that echoes humanity's oldest story.

When Cathy abandons Adam and their infant twin sons, Caleb and Aron, the boys grow up locked in their own version of the rivalry between Cain and Abel. Caleb's restless, calculating nature collides with Aron's trusting innocence as both vie for their father's approval.

Sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in its portraits of jealousy, love, and redemption, East of Eden is widely regarded as Steinbeck's most personal and ambitious novel. More than seventy years after publication, it remains a cornerstone of American literature.

Winner of Oprah's Book Club and once called "the first book" by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck himself, East of Eden is now being adapted into a Netflix series starring Florence Pugh.

When gentle Adam Trask settles his family in California's fertile Salinas Valley, he can't escape the darkness in his own bloodline — a modern reimagining of Cain and Abel that spirals into betrayal, obsession, and one of literature's most unforgettable villains.

Set in California's fertile Salinas Valley, East of Eden follows two generations of the Trask and Hamilton families as their fates entwine across decades. At its center is Adam Trask, whose devotion to his cruel and manipulative wife, Cathy, sets a tragedy in motion that echoes humanity's oldest story.

When Cathy abandons Adam and their infant twin sons, Caleb and Aron, the boys grow up locked in their own version of the rivalry between Cain and Abel. Caleb's restless, calculating nature collides with Aron's trusting innocence as both vie for their father's approval.

Sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in its portraits of jealousy, love, and redemption, East of Eden is widely regarded as Steinbeck's most personal and ambitious novel. More than seventy years after publication, it remains a cornerstone of American literature.

  • Publisher: Viking

    Title: East of Eden

    Author: John Steinbeck

    On Sale Date: June 24, 2003

    ISBN 13: 9780670033041

    ISBN 10: 0670033049

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $40.00

    BISAC: Fiction / Classics

    Page Count: 608

    Dimensions: 8.7 in H | 6 in W | 1.7 in T

    Weight: 1.7 lb

  • John Steinbeck (1902–1968) was born and raised in Salinas, California, the setting for much of his most celebrated fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, recognized for the realism, imagination, and social insight woven through his work. Steinbeck received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964 and remains one of the most widely read American novelists of the twentieth century.

  • Generations of readers are calling it sweeping, haunting, and unforgettable:

    • Early readers and critics alike have called East of Eden Steinbeck's most ambitious and deeply personal novel.

    • Oprah Winfrey selected it for her Book Club, praising it as one of the best novels she had ever read.

    • The New York Times Book Review described it as a singularly original and mythic work of American fiction.

    • Its enduring popularity has inspired a new Netflix adaptation starring Florence Pugh, introducing the story to a new generation of readers.

This book is for you if:

  • You love sweeping, multigenerational family sagas that span decades.

  • You’re drawn to modern retellings of classic myths and biblical stories.

  • You want to read the classic behind the upcoming Netflix series starring Florence Pugh.

  • You appreciate richly drawn, morally complex characters, including one of literature’s most unforgettable villains.

  • You’re building a collection of essential, Nobel Prize-winning American literature.

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