Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, 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.
Collection
Publication
New York [etc.], Bantam books, 1970
Subjects
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1953)
Audie Award (Finalist — Classic — 2004)
Western Heritage Award (Western Novel — 1975)
Deutscher Hörbuchpreis (2022)
Oprah's Book Club selection (2003)
Language
Original publication date
1952