East of Eden
题名:
East of Eden
著者:
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
ISBN:
9780241952498
出版信息:
London : Penguin Books, 2012.
规格:
727 p. ; 18 cm
系列:
Penguin fiction
Penguin fiction.
系列题名:
Penguin fiction
Penguin fiction.
一般附注:
Originally published: New York: Viking; London: Heinemann, 1952.
摘要:
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.
主题词汇:
主题:
| Children of prostitutes -- Fiction. |
| Fathers and sons -- Fiction. |
| Sibling rivalry -- Fiction. |
| Brothers -- Fiction. |
| Salinas River Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Domestic fiction. |
摘要:
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.