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Anonymous Sun Dec 19 22:47:44 2010 No.1374577 [Reply] [Original]

So /lit/, what do you think of East of Eden? Someone recommended it to me, I just wanted to see if I should take the time to read it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 22:49:44 2010 No.1374584 I dunno, never read it, but I fucking love Steinbeck. Even when he's mediocre (by his own admission, Once There Was A War) he's brilliant.

>>	John !rAOwMGYtnY Sun Dec 19 22:54:44 2010 No.1374601 Have you read any other Steinbeck? East of Eden might not be the best place to start, but I'm pretty sure it's my favorite work by him. the ending to Grapes of Wrath sucked

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 22:56:44 2010 No.1374604 Waste of time. Skip that Cain and Able rehash bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 22:59:44 2010 No.1374618 >>1374601 Hell, the whole damn book was too long.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 23:02:44 2010 No.1374634 So I have brilliant and bullshit. Hell, might as well go for it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 23:03:44 2010 No.1374637 His social commentaries are fucking stupid.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 23:08:44 2010 No.1374659 >>1374637 As in how he writes them or the views he expresses?

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 23:12:44 2010 No.1374675 He always takes far too long to say far too little.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 19 23:17:44 2010 No.1374689 I couldn't get into it. Too dry pour moi.

Anonymous Mon Dec 20 03:16:44 2010 No.1375395

I'd say it's worth reading, but the first half of the novel is vastly better. The second half gets anti-climactic and predictable at its key moments. As for social commentary, he was obviously trying to be "sprawling" and "epic" because something like Of Mice and Men is much more substantial thematically.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 05:54:44 2010 No.1375582 >>1374659 Both.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 06:40:44 2010 No.1375614 It's my single favorite novel ever. I love his prose, I love his characters, I love the major theme (even when it's delivered in a slightly hamfisted way), I love the whole book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 06:51:44 2010 No.1375626 Guys, you should read the comic Steinbeck : Tortilla Flat and Sweet Thursday. These are excellent and shorter.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 06:57:44 2010 No.1375636 >>1375626 I found Tortilla Flat really disappointing, actually. It was just Paisanos doing nothing but stealing and drinking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 07:04:44 2010 No.1375645 >>1375636 Damn, I found it hilarious. Maybe I did relate too much with the character.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 20 07:07:44 2010 No.1375657 >>1374601 >the ending to Grapes of Wrath sucked die in a fire

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