John Steinbeck, East of Eden, 1952

I absolutely love this book. I just finished it for the second time today and now that I’m older it definitely resonated a lot more. Such beautiful writing and wonderful characters and I love all the allegorical connections and historical references. Steinbeck considered it the culmination of his career. I definitely recommend it.

There was a film of it made in 1955 staring James Dean as Cal. I think I would be pretty upset if I watched it and it was terrible; I like the book too much… I wonder if it’s any good? Has anyone seen it?