К востоку от Эдема

"Vse, chto i͡a napisal ranee, v izvestnom smysle bylo lishʹ podgotovkoĭ k sozdanii͡u ėtogo romana", - govoril sam Dzhon Steĭnbek o knige "K vostoku ot Ėdema", prichem s polnym na to osnovaniem: emu udalosʹ sozdatʹ odin iz glavnykh literaturnykh shedevrov KhKh veka. Roman, sprovot͡sirovavshiĭ buri͡u vozmushcheniĭ konservativno nastroennykh kritikov, nadolgo zani͡al pervoe mesto sredi nat͡sionalʹnykh bestsellerov. "K vostoku ot Ėdema" - kniga o strastnoĭ li͡ubvi i nenavisti, ob oshibkakh i prestuplenii͡akh, o doverii i predatelʹstve. V osnove si͡uzheta - istorii͡a dvukh synoveĭ kaliforniĭt͡sa Adama Traska, svoeobraznykh Kaina i Aveli͡a. Kazhdyĭ iz nikh ishchet svoĭ putʹ v ėtom mire i postoi͡anno okazyvaetsi͡a pered vyborom: tvoritʹ dobro ili zlo, statʹ zhertvoĭ ili bezzhalostnym khishchnikom…

"Everything I wrote earlier, in a sense, was just a preparation for the creation of this novel," John Steinbeck himself said about the book "East of Eden", and with good reason: he managed to create one of the main literary masterpieces of the twentieth century. The novel, which provoked a storm of indignation from conservative critics, took first place among national bestsellers for a long time. East of Eden is a book about passionate love and hate, mistakes and crimes, trust and betrayal. The plot is based on the story of two sons of Californian Adam Trask, the peculiar Cain and Abel. Each of them is looking for his own way in this world and is constantly faced with a choice: to do good or evil, to become a victim or a ruthless predator.…