East Of Eden
"I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one... Humans are caught-in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too-in a net of good and evil... There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well-or ill?" "A novelist who is also a true poet." (Sunday Times) "A testament to the power of Steinbeck's storytelling: to his ferocious will to make sense of his life and his country." (Jonathan Franzen) "Steinbeck's writings form a photograph album of America." (Guardian)