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1) East of Eden
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
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"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they...
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While recovering from a gunshot wound, John Marshall Tanner meets a woman worth fighting for John Marshall Tanner left most of his blood in a vacant lot on Twentieth Street, along with the body of his closest friend. Tanner and Charley Sleet shot each other at the same time-a tragic finale to a long friendship that left Sleet dead and Tanner bleeding out on the sidewalk. The EMTs saved Tanner, but he isn't sure he wants to be alive. The uncertainty...
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Dos trabajadores del campo en California durante la Gran Depresión. George Milton, un hombre inteligente pero sin formación, y Lennie Small, un hambre de gran estatura y fuerza, pero limitatdas habilidades mentales, están en camino hacia otra parte de California en Soledad. Esperan cumplir algún dia su sueño compartido de tener sus propias tierras y sus propios animales. La parte del sueño de Lennie es simplemente cuidar (y tocar) conejos...
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Powieść - uznawana za jedno z najwybitniejszych dzieł Steinbecka - opowiada o tragicznym losie rodziny Trasków, która na przełomie XIX i XX wieku osiedliła się w dolinie Salinas. Adam Trask, farmer, samotnie wychowuje dwóch synów - Arona i Kaleba. Chłopcy różnią się od siebie jak woda i ogień, a jedyne, co ich łączy, to nieustanna rywalizacja o miłość surowego ojca. Aron jest spokojny i posłuszny, Kal to urodzony buntownik, który...
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