East of Eden by John Steinbeck Poetry Mexican author Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Mexican author Gerardo Sámano Córdova revels in the mire of grief

a real humanity

What makes it heartwarming is that

That's true of Moby Dick

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck Poetry Mexican author Gerardo Sámano CórdovaA masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of Americas most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover 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 familiesthe Trasks and the