East of Eden
- ISBN-10
- 0142000655
- ISBN-13
- 9780142000656
- Series
- East of Eden
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 601
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- John Steinbeck
Description
The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.
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