by John Steinbeck · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483102251
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The world of letters celebrates the centenary of the birth of John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of 'East of Eden'. This novel, one of the author's best known, inspired the film of the same title starring James Dean. The story tells the life of two families over three generations in the Salinas Valley, California, exploring themes of identity, conflict and redemption. Adam Trask, a man of strict customs, tries to educate his sons Aron and Cal after being abandoned by his wife. Cal, restless and dissatisfied, seeks his father's recognition and is attracted to Cathy Adams, who runs a brothel.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
