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    What novel offers a history of the Salinas Valley and re-creates the Cain and Abel story?

    Question #1531. Asked by abba. (Apr 18 00 7:59 PM)


    McGruff

    		This would be East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

    Apr 19 00, 7:26 AM
    zbeckabee

    		In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.

    The book explores themes of depravity, beneficence, love, and the struggle for acceptance, greatness, and the capacity for self-destruction and especially of guilt and freedom. It ties these themes together with references to and many parallels with the biblical Book of Genesis (especially Genesis Chapter 4, the story of Cain and Abel).


    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048028/plotsummary

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_eden#Plot_summary

    Jan 28 08, 8:37 AM

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