East of Eden

作者:[美] John Steinbeck

页数:736

出版时间:2001-4

价格:$ 22.00

isbn号码:9780140292947

图书标签:American.Literature

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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 - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love; and the murderous consequences of love's absence.

读后感

Initial thought is one of the reason for PWB recommended this to Jodie, must because of the psychopath character Cathy.. it is a good story of humanity and circle of life.. difficult to read through those long descriptive paragraphs, not sure it is best cho...  

这本书买了有一两年了吧，第一次就是没有心情继续读下去。 第二次拿起这本书才把它看完的，出奇的顺利。而且是随手翻到哪页看哪页的。 看书就是看一个故事。Steinbeck 讲述的故事没有太多的铺陈和人物，两家人就两条线，很清晰，很自然。有种行云流水的感觉吧。 印象深的是Cath...  

读斯坦贝克的《伊甸之东》，感觉到一种很稀有的吸引力。小说将近七百页，读起来却毫无对厚书的恐惧感。两个家族的家族历史，娓娓道来，叙述与抒情当中夹杂着准确妥帖的议论，朴素而充满力量。情节不复杂，却能深刻而精确的反映人性的种种面貌。据说这本小说在作者的作品中并不...  

Lee, the Chinese-American housekeeper for the Trask family, is my favorite character in East of Eden. He is forced to speak in the Chinese pidgin dialect that enables him to survive in America. An orphan, he raises Adam's children after they are abandoned b...  

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Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lung filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: “Timshel!” His eyes closed and he slept.

All the innocent, beloved, good-looking characters have names that start with 'A', like Adam, Abra and Aron. Yet all the dark, neglected, horrible characters, Cal, Charles and Cathy have names beginning with 'C'. But the latter ones are found more real and attractive to me. How ironic.

Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lung filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: “Timshel!” His eyes closed and he slept.

Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lung filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: “Timshel!” His eyes closed and he slept.

Adam looked up with sick weariness. His lips parted and failed and tried again. Then his lung filled. He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. His whispered word seemed to hang in the air: “Timshel!” His eyes closed and he slept.