East of Eden

In this grand fresco, the characters represent good and evil with their complex relationships. Adam, enamored of peace, Charles, his half-brother, hard and violent, Cathy, Adam's wife, a monster disguised behind her beauty, and their children, the twins Caleb and Aaron. Following the Trask and Hamilton families from generation to generation, the author tells us the story of his country, the Salinas Valley in Northern California...