East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) Liv Zander ” —Nick Cutter

” —Nick Cutter

To preserve knowledge and save humankind

and that’s just on the first day

are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle

WASHINGTON POST

East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) Liv Zander ” —Nick CutterA masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of Americas most enduring authors A Penguin Classic In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden the first book, and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of Californias Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesthe Trasks and the Hamiltonswhose generations