Al Este del Edén

Hardcover, 755 pages

Spanish language

Published 1989 by Círculo de Lectores, S.A..

ISBN:
978-84-226-2791-3
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4 stars (110 reviews)

l este del Edén, epopeya de resonancias bíblicas que inspiró la célebre película homónima dirigida por Elia Kazan y que contó con James Dean en el papel del mítico Cal Trask, narra las vicisitudes de dos familias a lo largo de tres generaciones, desde la guerra de Secesión hasta la segunda guerra mundial, en el lejano valle Salinas, en la California septentrional. Tras acompañar a la familia Hamilton a su épico asentamiento en la región, el lector penetra en el sofocante mundo de los Trask, en el que el severo Adam —tras ser abandonado por su mujer, a quien nadie de la familia osa nombrar— intenta educar en el recto camino a sus hijos Cal y Aron, nuevos Caín y Abel, que entablan una pugna soterrada por el reconocimiento de su padre. Cuando Cal se siente extrañamente atraído por la misteriosa Cathy Adams, que regenta el burdel más célebre de …

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Review of 'East of Eden' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Many of my favorite stories center around what it means to be a good person, redemption, and ethics. Upon finishing a quote from The Good Place (of all places) popped into my head.

“It turns out life isn’t a puzzle that can be solved one time and it’s done. You wake up every day, and you solve it again.”

I would die for Lee, and I would happily read an entire book of him and Sam chatting about life.

Review of 'East of Eden' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

"Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk."

This is a hard book to review, mostly because I'm not really sure why this turned out to be such a compelling read. It's like a character study spanning a generation, where everyone's thoughts and motives are center stage. The main "meat" of the book surrounds Adam and his family, though several other characters come in and out of frame that play a large role in how Adam develops. The time period spans from 1862 to the outbreak of World War I, and for your time spent you really start to develop an understanding and an interest in this family who settles in Salinas Valley, California.

If we're being honest here, I really thought this was going to be a DNF book for me. If it wasn't for literally everybody around me telling me how …

Review of 'East of Eden (Steinbeck "Essentials")' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I loved this book.
As anyone who's read [a:John Steinbeck|585|John Steinbeck|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1182118389p2/585.jpg]'s [b:East of Eden|8111671|East of Eden|John Steinbeck|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1319643757l/8111671.SX50.jpg|2574991] will tell you, the first thing to do is to forget about the 1955 movie version of it. The movie is only of the fourth of four parts of the book and is a melodrama, though it's always fun to watch James Dean act.
It's exactly the book I wanted to read at this time; a book that takes me away from the events of this awful year (2020) but isn't escapist fluff. (I don't mean to sound like a snob. I have no problem with escapist fiction but I personally read so little that I try to find something that challenges me a little without adding to my stress level.)
For me the best surprise was the character Lee, who's left out of the movie though he's nearly the most …

Review of 'East of Eden' on 'GoodReads'

5 stars

This is one of the best books I've ever read. It really speaks to the human condition, about good and evil. I enjoyed the references to Genesis in the book. I have an interest in religious studies so it was wonderful to think, this is like X from Genesis, and then have the author drop an almost word-for-word quote in.

I think my favorite character out of all of them is Lee, and I was fascinated by the inclusion of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations as something Lee was highly interested in. It's actually on my short list for books to read this year.

I feel like this could be one of the few books I read more than once.

reviewed East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Penguin twentieth-century classics)

Review of 'East of Eden' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good".

A beautiful and at times heartbreaking story of good and evil and the shades in between, and how our choices ultimately make us who we are. I was getting tired of seeing posts of "Wow, I read East of Eden and was blown away!" on reddit and finally decided to take the plunge and dive headlong into the saga, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that I belong to the same category. This was a beautiful book and I don't want to read anything by Steinbeck for a long time - because I want to savor this age-old ripe wine and shine in the afterglow.

I love to fall asleep while reading a book, but this might be one of those rare books that made me apprehensive about the ordeal while at the same time getting …

Review of 'East of Eden' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I really enjoyed this book, even if it's a bit reminiscent of the familial epics I've been growing a bit tired of.

A 3.5 might be a bit more honest, because even though Steinbeck's writing is a pleasure, I think this story was bit indulgent. A lot of words were spent on very early history that was only mildly relevant, tangents out of Steinbeck's life (the novel is semi-autobiographical), and even though he is quite affectionate in his description of Salinas it's occasionally a bit much.

That said, for a novel that's pretty clearly a re-telling of the beginning of Genesis (I mean, look at the title) it had a lot of really great scenes, action, drama, and even a few chapters that were just plain funny. Even though it hits some of the bullet points from the Bible it wasn't predictable and the overall message - which was beautifully …

Review of 'East of Eden' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

My review of this book will be a little more personal than I normally write but I feel compelled to offer not just my objective opinion but more how the book made me feel. "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck was a deeply affecting novel. I rarely come across a book that I feel is "perfect" as it is. "East of Eden" is a masterpiece of English prose and tells an American story on a universal scale that testifies deeply to the human condition it all its strength and promise, its violence and frailty.

Steinbeck's use of symbolism and Biblical metaphor is clear but do not overpower the reader. And his characters are for the most part three-dimensional and human. I do not think that I have ever read a novel that I feel was so carefully and lovingly crafted by its author. I am tempted to give more description …

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