false 1153320 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 4406 66 2574991 book 1952 East of Eden (Centennial Edition) total:38937|5:21178|4:11452|3:4717|2:1198|1:392| 38937 168637 52654 4184 585 3.82 351152 17128 783842 63800 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 15 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 17:40:09 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:10:07 -0800 2009 East of Eden were just practice--Eden would be his book.

I could write a summary of the book, but it would be more t...more...]]> 18260979 307083 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 17 false Fri Apr 04 09:14:13 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 22:03:18 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 09:08:04 -0700 2008

East of Eden is an epic story about go...more...]]> 5072708 307208 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 10 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 24 19:11:53 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:57:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2979107 187043 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 1 7 false Thu Jul 12 08:11:38 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:21:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29090187 1390884 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 6 true Sat Aug 02 19:22:58 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 13:05:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10502998 441707 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 4 false Sat Feb 02 14:48:06 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 16 09:02:12 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 09:02:12 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1135258 67645 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 4 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 20:37:07 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:12:45 -0800 2009
Overall, I thought this was a masterful piece of work - and realized this on the first page. I've glimpsed around a little bit on ...more...]]> 11511756 613223 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 1 3 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 23:14:40 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 23:14:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 37008917 234101 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 2 true Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 21:08:57 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 15:36:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3973363 247324 883438 0140186395 9780140186390 63 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228799532m/883438.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/883438.East_of_Eden 4.42 375 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 0 2 false Fri Aug 29 07:37:07 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 02 10:40:50 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:25:18 -0800 2009 Grapes of Wrath for summer reading. You know what's NOT fun for a moody teen during a scorching August heatwave? A depressing story about dry, parched earth and poor farmers toiling endlessly but still getting screwed.

And then there was my en...more...]]> 3615081 226534 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 4 3 false Thu Jul 26 18:24:14 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 17:01:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2977335 182833 385245 0808514121 9780808514121 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174352520m/385245.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/385245.East_of_Eden 4.38 181 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 2 false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Thu Jul 12 07:32:51 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 09:34:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1718456 119789 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 06 12:06:51 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 22 11:11:34 -0700 2008 Another thing about the re-read, it takes quite a bit longer! But I am so immensely satisfied that I did it, and I will do it again!
2nd reading: Dec 2007-April 2008
I have been immensely enjoying that a re-read means I go way slower through the text - finding ...more...]]> 35362630 369169 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 4 2 false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 15 06:40:48 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:54:15 -0800 2008 "It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.
We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never ending contest in ourselves of good...more...]]> 32604380 285438 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 2 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:49:19 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 08:53:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 20389827 1092429 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 2 3 false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 10:57:57 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 08:53:59 -0700 2008
I'd like to say that I liked the book, and in many ways I did--the plot, characters, narrational commentary, and general...more...]]> 16101197 826881 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 2 2 false Fri Feb 22 11:54:17 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 12:05:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 45837608 1029820 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 1 false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:52:14 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:11:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 46433063 1968984 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Feb 15 12:53:32 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 06:11:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38249349 1736294 4406 0142000655 9780142000656 3895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165432854m/4406.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4406.East_of_Eden 4.33 36605 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 readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.]]> 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Nov 20 14:23:32 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:06:43 -0800 2008 3 This may well be the most beautiful book ever written...

"There are techniques of the human mind whereby, in its dark deep, problems are examined, rejected or accepted. Such activities sometimes concern facets a man does not know he had....more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1153320