This month's Book Club meeting is going to be a h ybrid event and you are welcome to come to the hum anist center in person\, or to Zoom in using the l ink below.
\nThi s month's selection is East of Eden by Joh n Steinbeck
\n\ n
From Amazon…
\n670 pp 25hrs 23 min 4.7
stars
A masterpiece of Biblical s
cope\, and the magnum opus of one of America’s mos
t enduring authors\, in a commemorative hardcover
edition
In his journal\, Nobel Prize winner
John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book
\," and indeed it has the primordial power and sim
plicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of Calif
ornia's Salinas Valley\, this sprawling and often
brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of
two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose ge
nerations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and
Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
The masterpiece of Steinb eck’s later years\, East of Eden is a work in whic h Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing character s and explored his most enduring themes: the myste ry of identity\, the inexplicability of love\, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. Ada pted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan intr oducing James Dean\, and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah’s Book Club back\, East of Eden has remained vitally present in American cul ture for over half a century.
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The Book Club meets on the 4th Saturday of every month.
\nHenry Geist and Vici Duarte are your hosts.\n
Zoom meeting ID:
914 535 5110
(Open your Zoom app and type t
his number in the box that comes up after you clic
k on the 'Join' icon)
Note: The book club meets in the library\, which is down the hallway from the great room.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n This month's Book Club meeting is going t o be a hybrid event and you are welcome to come to the humanist center in person\, or to Zoom in usi ng the link below.\n \n \n This month's selection is East of Eden by John Steinbeck\n \n \n \n \n \n From Amazon…\n \n \n 670 pp 25hrs 23 min 4.7 st ars\n \n A masterpiece of Biblical scope\, and th e magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring au thors\, in a commemorative hardcover edition\n In his journal\, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck c alled East of Eden "the first book\," and indeed i t has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley\, this sprawling and often brutal novel fol lows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helple ssly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the pois onous rivalry of Cain and Abel.\n \n \n The master piece of Steinbeck’s later years\, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmer izing characters and explored his most enduring th emes: the mystery of identity\, the inexplicabilit y of love\, and the murderous consequences of love 's absence. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James Dean\, and read by th ousands as the book that brought Oprah’s Book Club back\, East of Eden has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a century.\n \n \n \n \n \n The Book Club meets on the 4th Satur day of every month.\n \n \n Henry Geist and Vici D uarte are your hosts.\n \n \n Zoom meeting ID: 914 535 5110\n (Open your Zoom app and type this num ber in the box that comes up after you click on th e 'Join' icon)\n \n \n Note: The book club meets i n the library\, which is down the hallway from the great room.\n \n CATEGORIES:Book club CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260725T100000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260725T120000 LOCATION:627 W RIO SALADO PKWY\n HUMANIST SOCIETY OF GREATE R PHOENIX\n MESA\, AZ 85201-4009\n United States\n URL:https://hsgp.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=4940 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR