East of Eden (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)
A powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the book of Genesis.
A powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the book of Genesis.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780142004234 (0142004235)
ASIN: 142004235
Publish date: 18-06-2002
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 602
Edition language: English
I want people like Samuel Hamilton and Lee in my life. I know that I'll return to this book just to hang out with them again.
This isn't a review, just my rambling thoughts immediately after finishing this book.Finishing this book feels like An Accomplishment, if you know what I mean. I don't know what it is about Steinbeck's writing--which I love, or at least I've loved his writing in [b:The Pearl|5308|The Pearl|John Stei...
I had been afraid that, when I didn’t like Of Mice and Men, I was doomed to dislike Steinbeck, one of the supposedly greatest writers of the twentieth century. Then, I was pulled in the opposite direction when I fell in love with The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. I needed something else...
Nie ma sensu się rozwodzić - to świetna książka. I bardzo prosta w odbiorze, jeśli ktoś się boi różnego rodzaju klasyki, może przestać - sama się czyta. Myślę, że jest tak łatwa i przyjemna w odbiorze, że w ogóle można by zacząć czytanie książek od niej (no dobra, od “Mysz i ludzi” a potem od niej)....
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