![]() He thus 'nurtured' it 'all of his life and… seemed to grow with him until the time of writing was at hand' … one correspondent, Steinbeck placed East of Eden in the context of his life and work, concluding, 'That earlier work was practice for this… The rest was practice'. Similar to how Steinbeck spent years researching and reflecting on Zapata, and similar to how Steinbeck gradually put pieces together for The Grapes of Wrath in the 1930's, the writer let East of Eden gestate in his mind for decades. Steinbeck "considered Eden to be his magnum opus, the crowning achievement of his life's work. And I shall keep these two separate." -Steinbeck, before the publication of East of EdenįIRST EDITION of Steinbeck's classic. In a sense it will be two books, the story of my country and the story of me. ![]() "It is what I have been practicing to write all my life. ![]()
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