Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections East of Eden, (Paperback)

from Edwinrelf

A terrific novel. One of the very best. It is a saga scoped out across two parts of the US but involving other locations with the last half of the novel set in Steinbeck's belovered Salinas Valley. It's period is between the Civil War and the time of the US's late entry in the dying days of the 1...

from cranmergirl

What a grand book! This modern day version of the Cain and Abel story examines the paradoxical nature of human beings. Each one of us is the sum of our parts with varying degrees of good and evil. Excellent examination of the complicated nature of mankind. Highly recommended!!

from gayla.bassham

I first read this book 25 years ago, when I was in high school. I had a gold-colored paperback, with very thin pages, almost like onionskin. When it was time to go to church -- we went to church three times a week -- I couldn't bear to put it down, so I sneaked into the sanctuary and hid it behin...

from ThatsFresh

I read this book for school in sophomore year and only got halfway through. I was reading it alone and was missing tons of undertones and symbols. A lot of it had to do with the small amount of time I had to read the whole book, so I was just reading it to get through it. I loved loved loved all ...

from kjforester

I just finished reading this masterpiece for the first time in my life and I am awed. That a mere mortal could craft such a work of art intertwining the beginning and the end, the Alpha and Omega if you will, is overwhelming. Timshel (the Hebrew verb used in the story of Cain and Abel and transla...