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 was in a sense 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 the first place among national bestsellers for a long time.East of Eden is a book about passionate love and hate, about mistakes and crimes, about trust and betrayal. The plot is based on the story of two sons of Californian Adam Trask, a kind of 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…