East of Eden by John Steinbeck [BOOK CLUB EDITION / 1995]

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

BOOK CLUB EDITION [1995] BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB NY

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  *Features the same artwork as the true first edition. 

Some minor shelf wear to DJ.   Cover has corner crease.  Otherwise, like new. 

Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love; and the murderous consequences of love’s absence.- Bookshop Apocalypse