Book Info enlarge picture East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)   Author: John Steinbeck ISBN: 0670033049 Format: Publish Date:                  Book Review 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 Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. "A strange and original work of art."--New York Times Book Review. (Literature/Classics)