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"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the Land of Nod, on the East of Eden" There is so much about this book that it is really hard to find appropriate words to speak about it. This is one of those books which make you live through a whole new life while you are reading it. Three generations of people, fifty five years and hundreds of events appear before your eyes, evil and good, virtue and vice, love and hatred, happiness and sadness - there is everything life can bring to you and having read the novel you feel that whatever it brings it is wonderful and worth living. Though the places and people described in the book are all very different, East of Eden deals mostly with the life of small town America. Steinbeck doesn't idealize this life, he shows both sides of it - religious meetings and brothels, poor farmers and rich businessmen, conservative people and those who are not afraid to look into the future. All this gives a very good and d...