02048cam a2200433 4500 277858634 TxAuBib 20161107120000.0 920324s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92012135 9780140186390 pbk. 0140186395 pbk. 9780140187229 0140187227 9780141185071 0141185074 (OCoLC)25631654 TxAuBib Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. East of Eden [PAPERBACK] / John Steinbeck ; with an introduction by David Wyatt. New York : Penguin Books, 1992. xxx, 602 p. ; 20 cm. Penguin classics Originally published in the United States of America by The Viking Press 1952. Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx.) 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 Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father. 20161107. FAR: Gift of the Alumni Association. Children of prostitutes Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Sibling rivalry Fiction. Brothers Fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Penguin classics. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/92012135-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/92012135-d.html Publisher description TXKAR