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East of Eden

by John Steinbeck

ISBN13: 9780140049978
ISBN10: 0140049975
Condition: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as blackspine Penguin Classics featuring eye-catching, newly commissioned art. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readersand to the many who revisit them again and again.

Review:

'John Steinbeck knew and understood America and Americans better than any other writer of the twentieth century. (The Dallas Morning News) A man whose work was equal to the vast social themes that drove him. (Don DeLillo) '

About the Author

'JOHN STEINBECK (1902 &1968) was born in Salinas, California. He worked as a laborer and a journalist, and in 1935, when he published Tortilla Flat, he achieved popular success and financial security. Steinbeck wrote more than twenty-five novels and won the Nobel Prize in 1962. Nearly all of his books are available in Penguin Classics.'

Product Details

ISBN:
9780140049978
Author:
Steinbeck, John
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Author:
Wyatt, David
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Salinas River Valley (Calif.) Fiction.
Subject:
Salinas River Valley
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Copyright:
Publication Date:
19921001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
640
Dimensions:
6.86x4.15x1.27 in. .80 lbs.

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