East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
"Timshel!"
Hardcover
Pages 601 pages
Published 1952
Audiobook 25h 28m
Languages English, Arabic, Bulgarian +18
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East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
"Timshel!"
Publisher's Summary
Part allegory, part autobiography, and part epic, East of Eden was an ambitious project from the start – a gift to Steinbeck’s sons that was meant to teach them about identity, grief, and what it means to be human.…
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v (Ratings Count): 957
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
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