/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.8280767]

>about to pick up pic related
>read blurb
>"...novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel."

Someone please explain the appeal of deliberately re-telling a story that's already been told.

[Anonymous No.8280769]

To give a unique perspective.

[Anonymous No.8280771]

Marketing meme blurbs very rarely reflect the actual book.

[Anonymous No.8280857]

>>8280767
On this principle, OP, youd have no more stories. Theres only seven plot lines for any fiction. We just retell them with different names and slight tweaks.

[Anonymous No.8281370]

>>8280767
Well the fall of Adam and eve was was told in less than 700 words and Cain and able in less than 350.

It's a far more elaborate story in novel form, and takes a unique perspective as anon above said.

[Anonymous No.8281385]

Is this worth reading?

I've seen the Elia Kazan film. I wasn't impressed.

[Anonymous No.8281451]

>>8280767
think its bretty gud

[Anonymous No.8281490]

>>8281385

it's excellent, my first introduction to literature besides hemingway when i was young. easily steinbeck's best.

[Anonymous No.8281560]

Every story has already essentially been told, OP. That's like saying why watch any tv show or movie because it will inevitably be about character conflict, good/evil, the nature of humor, or some other trite reductive explanation. We watch it for the perspective offered on these topics as well as communicated revelation of the tragic and unique elements of our nature.

[Anonymous No.8281574]

>>8281385
Film only covers about the last half and cuts a lot of characters, James Dean is its saving grace. It's a great book, definitely worth your time

[Anonymous No.8281590]

>>8280767

Every story after Shakespeare is a shitty re-telling of Shakespeare.