East of Eden Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk

The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative

hilariously tongue-in-cheek homage to the golden days of album cover art

and the raw fight for survival

East of Eden Bessel van der KolkA masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America's most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. 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